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ALL ABOUT GLACIERS

Glacier Landforms

Aretes, horns & cirques

Matterhorn, European Alps

The Matterhorn in Switzerland was carved away by glacial erosion.
Unattributed photograph /NSIDC

Aretes and horns, Torngat Mountains, Newfoundland, Canada

Aretes and horns around Mounta Caubvick, Newfoundland, Canada.
Source: Natural Resources Canada. Photograph by Hazen Russel. Copyright Terrain Sciences Division, Geological Survey of Canada.


Cirque, Torngat Mountains, Newfoundland, Canada

Cirque on Cirque Mountain in the Torngat Mountains, Newfoundland, Canada.
Source: Natural Resources Canada. Photograph by Hazen Russel. Copyright Terrain Sciences Division, Geological Survey of Canada.

Ice covered cirques, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

Ice covered cirques, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctic.
Source: Tom Lowell's Glacier Image Database, University of Cincinnati.


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