Cirque Glacier (Corrie Glacier), Alaska
Visual Glossary of Glacial Features
A cirque may or may not have active ice in it, but when it does the ice is called a cirque glacier or corrie glacier. Fairweather Range, southeastern Alaska.
U.S. Geological Survey photo by Bruce Molnia (fair use policy)
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