Definition of Icefall. Meaning of Icefall. Synonyms of Icefall

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Definition of Icefall

Icefall
Icefall Ice"fall`, n. A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall. --Coleridge.

Meaning of Icefall from wikipedia

- An icefall is a portion of certain glaciers characterized by relatively rapid flow and chaotic crev****ed surface, caused in part by gravity. The term...
- The Khumbu Icefall is located at the head of the Khumbu Glacier and the foot of the Western Cwm. It lies at an elevation of 5,486 metres (17,999 ft) on...
- weather, and wind, as well as hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall. As of May 2024, 340 people have died on Everest. Over 200 bodies remain...
- avalanche that killed sixteen climbing Sherpas in the Khumbu Icefall. This was the same icefall where the 1970 Mount Everest disaster had taken place. Thirteen...
- Beardmore Glacier. The Wild Icefalls cross the northern stream, to the west of Skaar Ridge and Buckley Island. The Shackleton Icefalls extend across the southern...
- 156°30′E / 79.633°S 156.500°E / -79.633; 156.500. An almost impenetrable icefall near Tentacle Ridge, 45 metres (148 ft) high and 15 nautical miles (28 km;...
- oxide production. On 18 April 2014, a serac collapsed above the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, causing an avalanche of m****ive chunks of ice and snow...
- Everest. The glacier has a large icefall, the Khumbu Icefall, at the west end of the lower Western Cwm. This icefall is the first major obstacle—and among...
- Icefall Peak is a 3,195-metre (10,482-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Icefall Peak is situated on the...
- H****r Icefall (62°0′S 57°48′W / 62.000°S 57.800°W / -62.000; -57.800) is an icefall extending in an arc about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long at the head...