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Margerie Glacier is a 21 mi (34 km) long tidewater glacier in Glacier Bay, Alaska, United States within the boundaries of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The glacier begins on the southern slopes of Mount Root , elevation 12,860 feet (3,920 m), on the Alaska – Canada border flowing southeast down the valley, then turning to the ...
Polychrome Glaciers 18] 5,108 feet (1,557 m) (five glaciers in neighboring valleys Ruth Glacier ( 62°50′07″N 150°51′36″W / 62.83528°N 150.86000°W / 62.83528; -150.86000 ( Ruth Glacier ) ; [ 20 ] 2,185 feet (666 m) (also the West, Northwest and Northeast Forks of Ruth Glacier near its
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Glaciers of Alaska" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of ...
Portage Glacier has retreated substantially since this image was taken in 1958 (Bard Peak to left) Portage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska [1] and is included within the Chugach National Forest. It is located south of Portage Lake and 6 km (4 mi) west of Whittier.
A National Park Service report on Alaska's glaciers noted glaciers within Alaska national parks shrank 8% between the 1950s and early 2000s and glacier-covered area across the state decreased by ...
It takes about 400 years for ice to traverse the length of the glacier, meaning that the ice at the foot of the glacier is about 400 years old. The glacier routinely calves [4] off icebergs the size of a ten-story building. Where the glacier meets the bay, most of the ice is below the waterline, and newly calved icebergs can shoot up quite ...
Locational map of major features of the Alaska Panhandle area including the Juneau Icefield in the northern portion. Eight kilometers to the north, the Herbert Glacier has retreated 540 m (0.34 mi), while Eagle Glacier retreated 700 m (0.43 mi), Gilkey Glacier 3,500 m (2.2 mi) and Llewellyn Glacier 2,800 m (1.7 mi).
Bering Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It currently terminates in Vitus Lake south of Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park , about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the Gulf of Alaska . Combined with the Bagley Icefield , where the snow that feeds the glacier accumulates, the Bering is the largest glacier in North America .