Aialik glacier

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Aialik glacier
The front of the Aialik Glacier in the bay of the same name

The front of the Aialik Glacier in the bay of the same name

location Alaska ( USA )
Mountains Kenai Mountains
Type Outlet glacier
length 7 km
Exposure Southeast
Altitude range 1000  m  -  m
width ⌀ 2.3 km
Coordinates 59 ° 57 '46 "  N , 149 ° 46' 31"  W Coordinates: 59 ° 57 '46 "  N , 149 ° 46' 31"  W.
Aialik Glacier (Alaska)
Aialik glacier
drainage Aialik Bay ( Gulf of Alaska )
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The Aialik Glacier is a seven-kilometer-long glacier fed by the Harding Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska .

The glacier is located 25 km southwest of Seward in Kenai Fjords National Park and flows into Aialik Bay , a bay in the Gulf of Alaska , west of Resurrection Bay . The Aialik is flanked by the Skee Glacier in the north and the Addison Glacier in the south. In contrast to many other glaciers, it has hardly lost any of its mass over the past hundred years.

Web links

Commons : Aialik Glacier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Repeat Photography of Alaskan Glaciers ( Memento November 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on usgs.gov