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[[Image:NOAA Riggs Glacier 1992.jpg|thumb|300px|Riggs Glacier, 1992]] |
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| name = Riggs Glacier |
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The '''Riggs Glacier''' is located in [[Glacier Bay|Glacier Bay National Monument]], heads on southern slope of [[Takhinsha Mountains]], 6 km SE of [[Mount Harris]], trends SSE to head of [[Muir Inlet]], 69 km SW of [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]], [[Saint Elias Mountains]]. |
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| photo = Riggs Glacier South arm.jpg |
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| photo_caption = Riggs Glacier in 2022 |
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| type = Mountain glacier |
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| location = [[Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska]], [[United States|U.S.]] |
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| coords = {{coord|59|10|08|N|136|14|37|W|type:glacier_scale:250000|display=inline,title}} |
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| map = Alaska |
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| length = {{convert|17|mi|km|adj=on}} |
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| thickness = |
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| terminus = sea level |
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| status = retreating |
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'''Riggs Glacier''' is a [[glacier]] in [[Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=59.1845&lon=-136.28063&s=500&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG| title = USGS Skagway A-4 (AK) Topo Map| publisher = Topozone| accessdate = 2007-01-24}}</ref> It begins on the southern slope of the [[Takhinsha Mountains]], 6 km (4 mi) southeast of [[Mount Harris]] and flows south-southeast to the head of [[Muir Inlet]], 69 km (43 mi) southwest of [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]]. |
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[[Category:Alaska geography]] |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of glaciers]] |
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==Cited references== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Glaciers of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve]] |
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[[Category:Glaciers of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska]] |
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[[Category:Glaciers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:52, 1 September 2022
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 Riggs Glacier in 2022 | |
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| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 59°10′08″N 136°14′37″W / 59.16889°N 136.24361°W |
| Length | 17-mile (27 km) |
| Terminus | sea level |
| Status | retreating |
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Riggs Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It begins on the southern slope of the Takhinsha Mountains, 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Mount Harris and flows south-southeast to the head of Muir Inlet, 69 km (43 mi) southwest of Skagway.
It was named by the American Geographical Society in 1947 for Thomas Riggs, Jr., Governor of Alaska from 1918 to 1921.
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Cited references[edit]
- ^ "USGS Skagway A-4 (AK) Topo Map". Topozone. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
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