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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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Rusalka Glacier

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Russell Glacier (Greenland)

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Russell Glacier (Oregon)

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Russell West Glacier

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Russian Geographical Society Glacier

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Ruth Glacier

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Sacagawea Glacier

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Sahale Glacier

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Saint Mary's Glacier

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Saint Vrain Glaciers

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Saleina Glacier

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Salmon Glacier

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San Rafael Glacier

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Saparevo Glacier

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Sargent Icefield

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Sarpo Laggo Glacier

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Saskatchewan Glacier

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Satopanth Glacier

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Savage Glacier

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Schimper Glacier

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Schlatenkees

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Schmidt Glacier (Heard Island and McDonald Islands)

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Schneeferner

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Schoolroom Glacier

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Schweitzer Glacier

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Schytt Glacier

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Scimitar Glacier

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Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)

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Seal Glacier

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Severny Island ice cap

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Shackleton Glacier

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Shinnan Glacier

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Shirase Glacier

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Siachen Glacier

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Silvretta Glacier

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Skelton Glacier

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Sólheimajökull

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Southern Patagonian Ice Field

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Spørteggbreen

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Stancomb-Wills Glacier

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Stein Glacier

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Stikine Icecap

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Storglaciären

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Strupbreen

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Sulitjelma Glacier

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Svartisen

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Taku Glacier

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Tarfala Valley

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Tarn

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Tasman Glacier

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Taylor Glacier

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Taylor Valley

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Tazlina Glacier

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Tête Rousse Glacier

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Trient Glacier

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Trift Glacier

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Trim Line

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Tsaneri Glacier

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Tsanfleuron Glacier

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Tschierva Glacier

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Tucker Glacier

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Tunnel Valley

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Tunsbergdalsbreen

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Tustumena Glacier

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Tviberi Glacier

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Tyndall Glacier (Chile)

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Union Glacier

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Unteraargletscher

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Upper Grindelwald Glacier

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Upsala Glacier

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Urdoviza Glacier

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Val d'Hérens

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Vallot Glacier

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Vanch-Yakh Glacier

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Vernagtferner

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Viedma Glacier

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Worthington Glacier

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Zemu Glacier

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Zinal Glacier

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Zmutt Glacier

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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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