Bergshrund

Quick meaning: Bergshrund is a noun meaning (geology) A large crack or crevasse in a glacier where the glacier is pulling away from the mountain.

Meaning

(geology) A large crack or crevasse in a glacier where the glacier is pulling away from the mountain.

Example Sentences

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

By this time the cloud had rolled in once more and we stopped on the lip of a bergschrund and around 6730 m.

None of the other climbers says a word, and one by one we climb over a field of shaggy rocks and cross a ladder over the bergschrund.

Word Forms

• bergshrunds
• bergschrund

Synonyms for bergshrund

Depending on context, synonyms include rimaye.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shrund, bergschrund, schrund, rimaye, slot, glacier.

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