Umiamako Glacier
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Umiamako Glacier is a marine terminating glacier
outlet to the inland ice sheet
of Greenland. It flows down a long valley surrounded by some of the highest mountains in west Greenland.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
outlet to the inland ice sheet
Ice sheet
An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km² , thus also known as continental glacier...
of Greenland. It flows down a long valley surrounded by some of the highest mountains in west Greenland.