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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
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Nioghalvfjerdsbræ

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Nursery Glacier

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Oberaargletscher

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Oberaletsch Glacier

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Odell Glacier

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O'Higgins Glacier

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Øksfjordjøkelen

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Okstindbreen

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Otemma Glacier

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Palü Glacier

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Panega Glacier

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Pasterze Glacier

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Pastoruri Glacier

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Penny Ice Cap

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Petermann Glacier

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Peyto Glacier

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Pindari Glacier

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Pine Island Glacier

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Plaine Morte Glacier

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Plummer Glacier

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Porchabella Glacier

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Portage Glacier

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Potanin Glacier

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Priestley Glacier

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Prospect Glacier

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Punchbowl Glacier

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Puyallup Glacier

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Quartermain Glacier

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Quelccaya Ice Cap

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Quensel Glacier

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Quien Sabe Glacier

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Rainbow Glacier (Washington)

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Rakuda Glacier

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Rathong Glacier

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Rayner Glacier

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Razboyna Glacier

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Rebmann Glacier

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Reedy Glacier

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Reid Glacier

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Rennick Glacier

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Rettenbach glacier

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Reuning Glacier

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Rhine Glacier

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Rhône Glacier

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Rickmers Glacier

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Rongbuk Glacier

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Roseg Glacier

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Rosenlaui Glacier

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Rossbode Glacier

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Rupal Glacier

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is a persistent body of natural ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving under its own weight.
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