lateral moraine

American  

noun

Geology.

1. a moraine formed at the side of a glacier.

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lateral moraine Scientific  

1. See under moraine

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Example Sentences

We set up our Base Camp at 17,800 feet on the lateral moraine that formed the outer edge of the turn.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The route climbed up and down the unsettled rocks of the Khumbu Glacier’s lateral moraine for several miles, then dropped down onto the glacier itself.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

At 21,300 feet, Camp Two consisted of some 120 tents scattered across the bare rocks of the lateral moraine along the glacier’s edge.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

On the summit of the precipice, and running along it, was the lateral moraine of the glacier.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

We go up the lateral moraine, a huge ridge fifty feet high, with rocks in it ten feet square turned by the mighty plow of ice below.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White