[[File:Antarctica (3), Adelaide Island, Wormald Ice Piedmont.JPG|thumb|300px|The [[Wormald Ice Piedmont]] covers large parts of the [[Wright Peninsula]] on eastern Adelaide Island, Antarctica, and terminates in high ice cliffs on [[Laubeuf Fjord]]. The nunatak in the centre of the picture has a height of {{convert|398|m|abbr=on}}. The mountains on the right form part of the [[Stokes Peaks]] and mark the northern edge of the ice piedmont. On the far left a melting pond can be seen on the ice. Viewing direction is toward the NNW.]]
An '''ice piedmont''' consists of "[[Ice]] covering a coastal strip of low-lying land backed by [[mountain]]s."
== Further reading == * Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, editors, '''[https://books.google.com/books?id=mKKtQR4T-1MC&dq=%22ice+piedmont%22&pg=PA49 Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers]''', P 49
==References== *''The Crossing of Antarctica'' by Sir [[Vivian Fuchs]] and Sir [[Edmund Hillary]] (Glossary, page 296) Cassell, London, 1958
[[Category:Bodies of ice|Piedmont]] [[Category:Ice piedmonts| ]]
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