Bergshrund

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large crack or crevasse in a glacier where the glacier is pulling away from the mountain.

    "The snow was extremely hard and there was a well defined path all the way up to the bergshrund."

Example

More examples

"The snow was extremely hard and there was a well defined path all the way up to the bergshrund."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bergschrund.

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