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Glacier karst

Debris-covered stagnant ice, sometimes found at the snout of a retreating glacier, with numerous lake-bearing caverns and tunnels.

Glacier karst with debris-smeared ice slopes (dark grey) and ponds on the surface of Tasman Glacier, South Island, New Zealand. Photo M. J. Hambrey.