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Matanuska Glacier is a valley glacier in the US state of Alaska. At 27 miles (43 km) long by 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, it is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States. Its terminus feeds the Matanuska River. [2] It lies near the Glenn Highway about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Anchorage in Glacier View. The glacier flows about ...
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 ...
They can be up to 10 meters wide and are typically found on ice sheets and flat areas of a glacier in a region of transverse crevasses. Moulins can reach the bottom of the glacier, hundreds of meters deep, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] or may only reach the depth of common crevasse formation (about 10–40 m) where the stream flows englacially. [ 6 ]
Pages in category "Glaciers of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
View of the Juneau Icefield. The Juneau Icefield is an ice field located just north of Juneau, Alaska, continuing north through the border with British Columbia, [1] extending through an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi) in the Coast Range ranging 140 km (87 mi) north to south and 75 km (47 mi) east to west.
The bursting of such snow-and-ice dams is a phenomenon called a jökuhlaup, and while it’s relatively little-known in the U.S., researchers say such glacial floods could threaten about 15 ...
Matanuska Peak, a mountain summit in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska; Matanuska River, in Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, in Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Valley, in Alaska; Matanuska Valley Colony in Alaska; M/V Matanuska, a vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway System; Matanuska (crater), an impact crater on the minor planet 253 Mathilde
Matanuska-Susitna Valley (/ m æ t ə ˈ n uː s k ə s uː ˈ s ɪ t n ə /; known locally as the Mat-Su or The Valley) is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. [1] It is known for the world record sized cabbages and other vegetables displayed annually in Palmer at the ...