- icefalls
- n. glacial ice formation resembling a frozen waterfall; falling of a mass of ice (from a glacier, etc.)
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Charybdis Icefalls — (70°51′S 161°10′E / 70.85°S 161.167°E / 70.85; 161.167) are large crevassed icefalls in the lower Harlin Glacier, where it descends notably to join Rennick Glacier. The feature is … Wikipedia
Cooper Icefalls — (82°31′S 160°0′E / 82.517°S 160°E / 82.517; 160) is the main icefalls of the Nimrod Glacier, in the vicinity of Kon Tiki Nunatak. Named by the southern party of the New Zealand G … Wikipedia
Cranfield Icefalls — is a series of about eight spectacular icefalls, in an east west line, falling steeply from Bucknell Ridge into the narrowest portion of Darwin Glacier near its mouth. Named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic… … Wikipedia
Dickson Icefalls — (76°2′S 133°25′W / 76.033°S 133.417°W / 76.033; 133.417) is a north draining icefalls of moderate slope at an elevation of 1,800 to 2,000 m, located between Mount Moulton and … Wikipedia
Minnehaha Icefalls — (77°2′S 162°24′E / 77.033°S 162.4°E / 77.033; 162.4) is a small, heavily crevassed icefall descending the steep west slopes of Mount England and forming a southern tributary to … Wikipedia
Airdevronsix Icefalls — (coord|77|31|S|160|22|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a line of icefalls at the head of Wright Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze (1956 57) for U.S. Navy Air Development Squadron Six, which… … Wikipedia
Prebble Icefalls — (coord|79|54|S|155|55|E|display=inline,title) are a set of icefalls on the southwestern side of Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains. They occupy two large cirques southwestward of Mount Ellis and fall about 900 meters. Discovered by the… … Wikipedia
Shackleton Icefalls — (coord|85|8|S|164|0|E|type:glacier region:AQ) is extensive icefalls of the upper Beardmore Glacier, southward of Mount Darwin and Mount Mills. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910 13) for Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the British… … Wikipedia
Ogive (glacier) — An ogive is a geographic feature of certain types of glaciers. They are identified as light and dark bands of ridges and valleys found at the base of glacial icefalls. They are usually found on advancing or neutral glaciers. Ogives are created by … Wikipedia
Glacier — This article is about the geological formation. For other uses, see Glacier (disambiguation). The Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan. At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, it is one of the longest alpine glaciers on… … Wikipedia
