lateral moraine
Americannoun
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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
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
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
The Mountaineers building trail on the lateral moraine of Carbon Glacier.
From The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' by John H. (John Harvey) Williams
This being the case, the lateral moraine on the southern side of the northernmost glacier and that on the northern side of the southernmost one must meet in the centre of the combined glaciers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various
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