sastruga

sastruga

English

Alternative forms

• zastruga
• sastrugus

Etymology

From German Sastruga, from Russian заструга (zastruga)

Noun

sastruga (plural sastrugi)

1. Any of a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains, and surfaces of ice covered lakes/seas. These dunes of snow may be blown across the plains like wind-driven waves.

Translations

wavelike ridge formed on snow

Russian: заструга (ru) (zastruga)

References

• The Heart of the Antarctic: The Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907 -1909 by Sir Ernest Shackleton (Collins) ISBN 1-903464-28-5