Subglacial

Full definition of subglacial

Adjective

1. Formed, or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice
• 1836 Edward Charlesworth - The Magazine of Natural HistoryIt is also this melting beneath the ice (subglacial, suppose we call it) which loosens the ice from the ground, . . .

Derived terms

• subglacial duct
• subglacial lake
• subglacial rill
• subglacial stream
• subglacial volcano