Glacieret

A glacieret is a very small glacier, with a surface area less than 0.1 km2 (25 acres).

The term is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to a large, persistent snow patch of firn or névé.

Sometimes hardly larger than snowfields and perennial firn patches, glacierets tend to have little ice movement, with accumulation and ablation zones difficult to detect.

[1] Glacierets are usually remnants of larger glaciers that existed.

[2] Glacierets that melt usually remain perennial snow patches and gather back some firn.