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glacier tongue

glacier tongue

The elongated lower part of a glacier extending down a valley or out from a larger ice mass.

lower valley-glacier tongue (bretunge)

All languages

English
glacier tongue
Norwegian
bretunge
Japanese
氷舌 — ひょうぜつ — hyouzetsu
Korean
빙하 혀 — bingha hyeo
Spanish
lengua glaciar
French
langue glaciaire
German
Gletscherzunge

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