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GLACIER
TYPES
retreating glaciers
piedmont glaciers
icefields
hanging glaciers
tidewater glaciers
surging glaciers
rock glaciers
mountain glaciers
ice caps

GLACIER FEATURES
glacier terminus
ice caves
icefall
crevasses
ogives

GLACIAL LANDFORMS
glacial grooves and striations
chatter marks
glacial trough
glacial erratic
moraines
aretes, horns, and cirques
drumlins

Glacier Terminus

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Terminus of a piedmont glacier, Bylot Island, Canada Terminus of a melting glacier
Glacier at the head of Canon Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada Pair of outlet glaciers, Royal Society Fiord, Northeast Baffin Island, Canada
Margin of a piedmont glacier, Bylot Island, Canada Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
images, left to right, top to bottom:
> Bylot Island, Canada; Terminus of a melting glacier.
> Canon Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada; Royal Society Fiord, Northeast Baffin Island, Canada.
> Bylot Island, Canada; Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.