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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 6 to 165 ft (2-50 m) or more above sea level.
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Term: Ice front
Definition: The seaward facing, clifflike edge of an ice shelf (so called by the British Antarctic Place Names Committee).
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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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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 meters (2.2 to 55 yards) above sea level.
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Term: Ice front
Definition: Sea ice terminology. Describes the vertical cliff that forms the seaward face of an ice shelf or other floating glacier. It varies in height from 2 m to 50 m or more above sea level.
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Term: Ice front
Definition: Vertical cliff forming the seaward face of an ice shelf or other floating glacier and, because of its variable position, dated on maps and charts.
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