Hummock

Hummock

A mass of ice rising to a consderable height above the general level of a floe, and forming a part of it. Hummocks are originally raised by the pressure of floes against each other.

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hummock

Weather; Meteorology

A mound of broken ice projecting upward, formed by ice deformation. The submerged counterpart of a hummock is termed a bummock. See also ridge.

hummock

Language; Dictionaries

A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.

hummocking

Language; Dictionaries

The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.

hummock

Places; Arctic

A mass of ice rising to a consderable height above the general level of a floe, and forming a part of it. Hummocks are originally raised by the pressure of floes against each ...

earth hummock

Weather; Meteorology

A low, round, natural, or man-made hill.

hummocked ice

Weather; Meteorology

Pressure ice characterized by haphazardly arranged mounds or hillocks (“hummocks”). This has less definite form than rafted ice or tented ice, but in fact may develop from either ...

sludge

Places; Arctic

Ice of the consistence of thick honey, offering little impediment to a ship while in this state, but greatly favoring the formation of a "bay-floe."

stream

Places; Arctic

A long and narrow, but generally continuous, collection of loose ice.

tongue

Places; Arctic

A mass of ice projecting under water from an iceberg or floe, and generally distinguishable at a considerable depth of smooth water. It differs from a "calf" in being fixed to, or ...

tracking

Places; Arctic

Towing along a margin of ice.

water-sky

Places; Arctic

A dark appearance in the sky, indicating "clear water" in that direction, and forming a striking contrast with the "blink" over land or ice.

young-ice

Places; Arctic

Nearly the same as "bay-ice," but generally applied to ice more recently formed than the latter.

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