Casement glacier
| Casement glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Alsek Ranges ( Elias chain ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 22 km | |
| Exposure | South southwest | |
| Altitude range | 1200 m - 200 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1.8 km | |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 2 ′ N , 135 ° 56 ′ W | |
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| drainage | → Adams Inlset → Muir Inlet ( Glacier Bay ) | |
The Casement Glacier is a 22 km long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska (USA).
geography
The glacier has its nutrient area at 1200 m altitude on the southern flank of the Takhinsha Mountains in the Alsek Ranges . There it borders the Davidson Glacier , which, however, flows east to the Lynn Canal . The mean 1.8 km wide Casement Glacier flows in a predominantly south-south-west direction and ends at around 300 m . The 13 km long drain flows into the Adams Inlet , an eastern side bay of the Muir Inlet .