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| name = Riggs Glacier |
| name = Riggs Glacier |
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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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| length = 17 miles (27 km) |
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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]]. |
'''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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Latest revision as of 22:52, 1 September 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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