| 1. | Paternoster lakes occur in cirque lake.
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| 2. | Within glacial valleys, depressions created by plucking and abrasion can be filled by lakes, called paternoster lakes.
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| 3. | Excellent examples of this occur in Sierra Nevada, where many stream courses above 3000 m in elevation contain paternoster lakes.
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| 4. | The glen on the mountain's east side is a series of rock steps, each of which includes a small Paternoster lake.
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| 5. | Paternoster lakes are created by end moraines, or rock dams, that are formed by the advance and subsequent upstream retreat and melting of the ice.
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