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Glacier Picture Gallery

Visual Glossary of Glacial Features

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This gallery primarily shows features of glaciers (glacial features) but includes features found in the land near glaciers (periglacial features). These occur widely in formerly glaciated lands, not just areas of current active glaciation.

Other picture galleries:

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Geology and Society
Free Geologic Wallpaper Pictures

Images 1-12 of 26

  1. Arête, AlaskaIce-sharpened ridges
  2. Bergschrund, SwitzerlandWhere glaciers are born
  3. Cirque, MontanaCarved stone bowls
  4. Cirque Glacier (Corrie Glacier), AlaskaIcy squatter in a cirque
  5. Drumlin, IrelandLong sandy landmarks
  6. Erratic, New YorkRocky remembrancer
  7. Esker, ManitobaSnakes of sand
  8. Fjords, AlaskaPicturesque bays
  9. Glacial Grooves and Polish, New YorkNaturally burnished
  10. Hanging Glaciers, AlaskaPerched ice bodies
  11. Horn, SwitzerlandThe Matterhorn
  12. Iceberg, off LabradorWith whale accompaniment

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