Highland icefield

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Term: Highland icefield
Definition: A near-continuous stretch of glacier ice, but with an irregular surface that follows approximately the contours of the underlying bedrock, and which is punctuated by nunataks (q.v.).  Swisseduc 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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