lateral moraine

noun

, Geology.

1. a moraine formed at the side of a glacier.

lateral moraine

1. See under moraine

Example Sentences

The route climbed up and down the unsettled rocks of the Khumbu Glacier’s lateral moraine for several miles, then dropped down onto the glacier itself.

From Literature

At 21,300 feet, Camp Two consisted of some 120 tents scattered across the bare rocks of the lateral moraine along the glacier’s edge.

From Literature

We set up our Base Camp at 17,800 feet on the lateral moraine that formed the outer edge of the turn.

From Literature

We thought that we could access the ice by traveling along the western lateral moraine ridge that towered above the lake.

From New York Times

The only catch was that we could not see what might lie between the uppermost portion of the lateral moraine and the glacier itself.

From New York Times