glacial col

C19534
concept

A glacial col is a low, saddle-shaped pass or depression in a mountain ridge formed by the headward erosion of two opposing glaciers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
glacial feature 7
glacial col canonical 1
glacial pass 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: glacial col
Generated description
A glacial col is a low, saddle-shaped pass or depression in a mountain ridge formed by the headward erosion of two opposing glaciers.

Instances (9)

Instance Via concept surface
Boulder Field glacial feature
Khumbu Icefall glacial feature
North Col —
Dotson Ice Shelf glacial feature
Harding Icefield glacial feature
Cordilleran Ice Sheet glacial feature
Col du Midi glacial pass
Nansen Ice Sheet glacial feature
Getz Ice Shelf glacial feature