Usually means: Glacier suspended on steep slopes.
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  1. hanging glacier: Merriam-Webster
  2. hanging glacier: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Hanging Glacier (Mount Shuksan), Hanging glacier: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. hanging glacier: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hanging glacier, Hanging glacier: Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Hanging glacier)

noun:  A hanging glacier originates high on the wall of a glacial valley and descends only part of the way to the surface of the main glacier and abruptly stops, typically at a cliff.


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