English Explanatory Dictionary

Thwaites Glacier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A retreating glacier in Antarctica.

Word forms

Thwaites Glacier

Etymology

From the surname Thwaites; coined in 1967 as an homage to glaciologist Fredrik Thwaites (1883–1961).

Synonyms

Doomsday Glacier Thwaites
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