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moutonnée
‖ moutonnée, a. Geol. (mutɔne) Also in adapted form moutonnéed. [Fr. (in roche moutonnée), fem. pa. pple. of moutonner, f. mouton sheep: see mutton.] Rounded like a sheep's back: said of rocks that have been subjected to glacial action.1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks ii. 23 At a point close to the roa...
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Roche moutonnée
In glaciology, a roche moutonnée (or sheepback) is a rock formation created by the passing of a glacier. Photo Collection
A roche moutonnée, northern Abitibi, Québec, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection
A roche moutonnée
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Moutonnée Valley
Moutonnée Valley is a valley in the Ganymede Heights area on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The valley runs eastward towards Moutonnée Lake and George VI Sound.
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roche moutonnée
‖ roche moutonnée Physical Geogr. (rɔʃ mutɔne) [Fr., f. roche rock, roche n.1 + moutonnée moutonnée.] A bare rock outcrop which has been shaped by glacial erosion, characteristically smoothed and rounded by abrasion but often also displaying one side (the ‘downstream’ side) which is rougher and stee...
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Moutonnée Lake
Moutonnée Lake is a sub-glacial lake that lies within Moutonnee Valley, marginal to the George VI Ice Shelf, south of Ablation Point indenting the east As with nearby Ablation and Hodgson Lakes, Moutonnée receives large masses of ice from the adjacent George VI Ice Shelf in George VI Sound, making life
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whaleback
whaleback (ˈhweɪlbæk) [f. whale n. + back n.] 1. An arched structure over the deck of a steamer; = turtle-back 1.1886 Times 20 Apr. 10/2 He was standing under the whaleback. 2. A kind of steam vessel having a spoon bow and the main decks covered in and rounded over, suggesting the back of a whale.18...
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Rosthwaite, Borrowdale
The town nestles underneath the How, a large roche moutonnée, with a smaller roche moutonnée being further to the west.
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lee side
lee side Also dial. lew side. [lee n.1] a. That side of any object which is turned away from the wind. Opposed to weather-side.1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 815/2 The Carrike was on the weather side, and the Regent on the lie side. 1609 C. Butler Fem. Mon. i. (1623) C iv, They fly alow by the ground...
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Mount Susitna
Susitna is a roche moutonnée, a landform created when a glacier flows over a resistant, topographically high, bedrock body, creating a smooth-sided and
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Menzenschwand
Numerous roches moutonnée characterise the meadows of the lower slopes.
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A roche moutonnée and perched boulders, northeastern Manitoba, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection Roche moutonnée, northern Abitibi, Québec, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection
Roche Moutonnée, Melville Peninsula
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Cadair Idris
and hikers, is composed largely of Ordovician igneous rocks, with classic glacial erosion features such as cwms, moraines, striated rocks, and roches moutonnées There are several tear-drop shaped knolls above the edge of Llyn Cau, each of which is a roche moutonnée formed by the abrasive action of the moving ice
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Striation Valley
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Ablation Valley
Moutonnée Valley
Viking Valley
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Valleys of Antarctica
Valleys of Alexander Island
Antarctic Specially Protected
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Viking Valley
See also
Ablation Valley
Flatiron Valley
Moutonnée Valley
Valleys of Antarctica
Valleys of Alexander Island
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Erratic Valley
See also
Flatiron Valley
Moutonnée Valley
Viking Valley
References
Valleys of Antarctica
Valleys of Alexander Island
Antarctic Specially Protected
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