: a pinnacle, sharp ridge, or block of ice among the crevasses of a glacier
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The towering ice block, called a serac, is in the Khumbu Icefall above South Base Camp and nearly 1,000 feet below Camp One.
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2026
There’s good reason for caution: seracs have caused fatal disasters in the past.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
In 2022, 11 people died when a massive serac on the Marmolada Glacier disintegrated, showering a group of hikers with ice and rock.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2025
Last week, three Nepali sherpa climbers died after being hit by an ice serac on the lower parts of Mount Everest. Nepal has eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
The serac routinely sheds enormous blocks of ice.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2026
There’s good reason for caution: seracs have caused fatal disasters in the past.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
In 2022, 11 people died when a massive serac on the Marmolada Glacier disintegrated, showering a group of hikers with ice and rock.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2025
Last week, three Nepali sherpa climbers died after being hit by an ice serac on the lower parts of Mount Everest. Nepal has eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
—Reuters, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
The serac routinely sheds enormous blocks of ice.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
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“Serac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serac. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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