Sentence examples for long glacier from inspiring English sources

Langjökull, ( Icelandic: "Long Glacier") English Lang Glacier, large ice field, west-central Iceland.

But one place you will certainly want to visit even on a short stay is Langjokull (long glacier).

But even in its present majesty, it is only a fraction of the length it reached at the height of the last ice age, around 20,000 years ago, when the whole of the Rhône Valley as far as Lake Geneva was one long glacier.

In the Grossglockner group (northwest), Austria reaches its highest point (12,457 feet [3,797 metres]) and contains its longest glacier, the Pasterze Glacier, 6 miles (10 km) in length.

In East Greenland, Kulusuk and Tasiilaq are the largest basecamps and in the west you have Maniitsoq and Kangaamiut, where you'll have helicopter access to steep couloirs as well as long glaciers the head down to the fjords.

Aletsch Glacier, the Alps' largest and longest glacier, lying in the Bernese Alps of south-central Switzerland.

Conflict began there in 1984 when India occupied the heights of the 49-mile-long glacier, fearing Pakistan wanted to claim the territory.

Correction: The original version of this story misidentified Perito Moreno as "a region normally known for its 19-mile-long glacier". The village of Perito Moreno is actually located about 285 miles to the north of the referenced glacier.

He discusses the case of the Aletsch glacier, the largest and longest glacier in the Alps.

The Zermatt ski resort in Switzerland inaugurated Europe's longest glacier chair lift this season.

Finally, the Viewfinder made its last stop in front of Bear Glacier which, at 12 miles is the longest glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park and one of 38 that flow down from the Harding Icefield, park ranger Colleen Kelly said.