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All Glaciers and Ice Formations

Accumulations and flows of glacial ice and the ice-built formations shaped by them, following the glacial landform class of standard geomorphology. Includes valley and mountain glaciers still actively flowing (Mendenhall Glacier, Columbia Glacier, Deming Glacier), large ice caps and ice sheets covering a whole region (East Antarctic Ice Sheet), and named ice tongues and icefalls where a glacier meets open water or breaks over a steep drop (Drygalski Ice Tongue). Belongs here: any formation whose defining identity is a present-day body of glacial ice. Does not belong here: a valley or fjord shaped by past glacial action that no longer carries ice (Valleys, Coastal and Reef Features), or a rock formation left standing by glacial retreat (Interfluves and Ridges, Other Erosional Landforms).

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is a persistent body of natural ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving under its own weight. 1
All Glaciers and Ice Formations
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Aagaard Glacier

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Aargletschers

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Aaron Glacier

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Abruzzi Glacier

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Adams Glacier (Mount Adams)

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Adishi Glacier

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Agassiz Ice Cap

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Ahern Glacier (Antarctica)

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Ahern Glacier (Montana)

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Ahlmann Glacier

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Aialik Glacier

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Allalin Glacier

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Allison Glacier (Heard Island)

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Alyabiev Glacier

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Amalia Glacier

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Ambulapcha Glacier

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Amherst Glacier

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Amundsen Glacier

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Andrews Glacier

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Aneto glacier

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Angel Glacier

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Anna Glacier

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Antevs Glacier

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Anuchin Glacier

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Arapaho Glacier

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Arete

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Argentière Glacier

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Arolla Glacier

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Asafiev Glacier

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Athabasca Glacier

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Atka Glacier

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Axel Heiberg Glacier

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Baby Glacier (Montana)

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Bagley Icefield

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Balakirev Glacier

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Balch Glacier

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Balish Glacier

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Baltoro Glacier

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Banded Glacier

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Bara Shigri Glacier

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Baranowski Glacier

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Barnes Glacier

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Barnes Ice Cap

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Barnett Glacier

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Bartók Glacier

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Barwick Valley

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Baspa Valley

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Batura Glacier

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Baudissin Glacier

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Bell Glacier

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Belvedere Glacier

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Benson Glacier

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Bering Glacier

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Bevin Glacier

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Biafo Glacier

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Biarchedi Glacier

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Biferten Glacier

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Bingham Glacier

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Blackfoot Glacier

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Blaiklock Glacier

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Blåmannsisen

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Blue Glacier

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Bond Glacier

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Bondhusbrea

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Bossons Glacier

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Boulder Glacier (Washington)

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Bow Glacier

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Bøyabreen

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Brady Glacier

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Branscomb Glacier

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Bråsvellbreen

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Breiðamerkurjökull

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Breitfuss Glacier

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Brenitsa Glacier

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Brenva Glacier

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Briksdalsbreen

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Bruggen Glacier

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Brush Glacier

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Bryn Mawr Glacier

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Buarbreen

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Bull Lake Glacier

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Butler Glacier

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Buxton Glacier

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Byrdbreen

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Calderone glacier

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Calkin Glacier

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Cameron Glaciers

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Canada Glacier

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Carbon Glacier

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Carlyon Glacier

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Carroll Glacier

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Carstensz Glacier

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Challenger Glacier

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Chocolate Glacier

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Chumik Glacier

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Cloud Peak Glacier

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Coalman Glacier

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Coe Glacier

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Colonia Glacier

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Columbia Glacier (Alaska)

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1. Glacier (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGlacier, lead section, definition sentence
Quote, Glacier, lead section, definition sentence
is a persistent body of natural ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving under its own weight.
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