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Hanging glacier

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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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Rock and icefall from a hanging glacier was responsible for triggering the
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are the mechanisms for ice and snow transfer to the valley floor below.
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Mount Shuksan
glacial valley
Avalanching
icefalls
Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide


"Glossary of Glacier Terminology"
"Collapse of the Kolka Glacier"
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