is firn. The minimum altitude that firn accumulates on a glacier is called the firn limit, firn line or snowline. Antarctic Firn Daniel Bruun Firn Dreyer...

The East Northwall Firn was a glacier on Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range on the island of New Guinea in Central Papua province, Indonesia. Situated...

The West Northwall Firn was a glacial body on Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range on the island of New Guinea in Central Papua province, Indonesia. The...

head of a glacier. The minimum altitude that firn accumulates on a glacier is called the firn limit, firn line or snowline. There are four main mechanisms...

Glacier Ygdrasil Ymer Glacier Zachariæ Isstrøm Daniel Bruun Firn Dreyer Firn Rink Firn Sven Hedin Firn List of glaciers List of fjords of Greenland Rignot E...

Orkney Northwall Firn, a glacier now split in two, East Northwall Firn, a glacier in Papua province, Indonesia West Northwall Firn, a glacier in Papua...

crevasse that forms where moving glacier ice separates from the stagnant ice or firn above. It is often a serious obstacle for mountaineers, who sometimes abbreviate...

layer presses on lower layers, making them denser until they turn into firn. Firn is not dense enough to prevent air from escaping; but at a density of...

On a glacier, the accumulation zone is the area above the firn line, where snowfall accumulates and exceeds the losses from ablation, (melting, evaporation...

from the north by three notable firns: the Äbeni Flue-Firn, the Gletscherhornfirn, and the Kranzbergfirn. All of these firns have their starting points at...