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.).
GCW Swisseduc
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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