mountain glacier
a glacier that is confined by surrounding mountain terrain; also called an alpine glacier.
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Taku Glacier winds through the mountains of southeastern Alaska, calving small icebergs into Taku Inlet. This photograph dates from 1929.

U. S. Navy, archived at the World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder, CO
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glaciers

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