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Thursday, 12 October 2023

Valley glacier terminal moraines

 


Another fabulous image from Mike Beauregard. The loops of moraine formed by small valley glaciers are very spectacular -- they are located to the east of Dexterity Fjord in Northern Baffin Island.  The small glaciers have retreated several hundred metres from their advanced positions -- fifty years ago apparently all of these glacier snouts were located at the terminal moraine positions.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31856336@N03/7048837663/

Here is a Bing satellite image showing the same valley in summer:


In this image, north is at the bottom of the photo.


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