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features > physiographic features > ice fronts

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Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

ice fronts  

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  • Information Ice front: the vertical cliff forming the seaward face of an ice shelf or other floating glacier, varying in height from 2 to 50 meters (2.2 to 55 yards) above sea level.

    Source: https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glossary/I

    Created: 12/17/21

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