Tarn, from Old Norse tarnu - many modern Scandanavian cognates.
'Small mountain lake laking tributaries'. (Shorter Oxford).
Definitely not a pond. I always thought of it as a small glacial lake
but the term has spread to sundry mountain zones such as the
Australian Alps. Ther's a couple on the slopes between Mt. Buggery
and Mt. Disappointment.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 03/03/2008, at 6:53 PM, Jim Couch at home wrote:
> As for the term tarn, I don't think it is in general use here. It is a
> term used by climbers and mountain travelers/hikers more than it is
> used
> generally. It seems that in the mountains it would be called a
> tarn, but
> in the lowlands most folk would call it a pond.
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