| Term: | Inland ice |
| Definition: |
A translation, seen infrequently in earlier English-language literature, of 'inlandsis', an originally Danish word which is the word for ice sheet in several European languages. IHPGlacierMassBalance
1. An older reference to the Greenland Ice Sheet. 2. Same as land ice, particularly the more interior portions of an ice sheet. AMSglossary GCW |