Ice front

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Term: Ice front
Definition: The vertical cliff forming the seaward face of an ice shelf or other floating glacier, varying in height from 2 to 50 m above sea level (cf. Ice wall).
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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