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  2. Mendenhall Glacier - Wikipedia

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    Closer view of the glacier in the winter A glacier cave under Mendenhall Glacier. Mendenhall Glacier (Tlingit: Áakʼw Tʼáak Sítʼ) is a glacier about 13.6 miles (21.9 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [2]

  3. Retreat of glaciers since 1850 - Wikipedia

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    A 1992 to 1998 observation of the Chacaltaya Glacier in Bolivia and Antizana Glacier in Ecuador indicate that between 0.6 m (2.0 ft) and 1.9 m (6.2 ft) of ice was lost per year on each glacier. Figures for Chacaltaya show a loss of 67% of its volume and 40% of its thickness over the same period.

  4. List of glaciers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Exit Glacier, Alaska. Glaciers are located in ten states, with the vast majority in Alaska. [1] The southernmost named glacier is the Lilliput Glacier in Tulare County, east of the Central Valley of California. Apart from Alaska, around 1330 glaciers, 1175 perennial snow fields, and 35 buried-ice features have been identified. [2] [3

  5. Alaska's tourist-packed capital ponders fate as popular ... - AOL

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    Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it may no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside. Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it may ...

  6. Nugget Falls - Wikipedia

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    Formed by the creek from the Nugget Glacier, the waterfall drops 377 feet (115 m) in two tiers of 99 feet (30 m) and 278 feet (85 m) onto a sandbar in Mendenhall Lake, which is the freshwater pool at the face of the Mendenhall Glacier. The lake then drains via Mendenhall River into the Inside Passage. [1]

  7. The Most Romantic Place in Every State - AOL

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    Alaska: Mendenhall Glacier. Juneau Mendenhall is one of Alaska's most accessible glaciers, just a short drive from the capital, Juneau. ... two trees that have become intertwined through the years ...

  8. Alaska's tourist-packed capital ponders fate as popular ... - AOL

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    Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it may no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside. Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it may ...

  9. Tongass National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The forest has close to one million visitors each year. Most come by cruise ships arriving through the Inside Passage of Southeast Alaska. The Forest Service provides visitor programs at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in Juneau and the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan. The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, built in 1962 ...