Definition of "subglacial" []

• Formed or deposited beneath a glacier. (adjective)

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• "Scientists have since established the existence of about 280 "subglacial" lakes, most located below the East Antarctic ice sheet."
• "According to TIME and the paper's abstract, the team created models based on the formation of similar terrain on Earth -- subglacial volcanos and ice shelves -- to determine how the chaos terrain on Europa could have formed."
• "Russian and American researchers, including Christner, have identified signs of life almost three miles below the surface in ice that originates from liquid Lake Vostok, the largest of the recently discovered subglacial lakes on the continent."