Chilkat glacier
| Chilkat glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska ( USA ), British Columbia (Canada) | |
| Mountains | Boundary ranges | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 18 km | |
| Exposure | North | |
| Altitude range | 1700 m - 200 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1.3 km | |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 43 ′ N , 135 ° 43 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Chilkat River | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Chilkat Glacier is a 18 km long glacier in the Panhandle of Alaska (USA) and in the Canadian province of British Columbia .
geography
The Chilkat Glacier is located 33 km north-northwest of Skagway in the Chilkoot Ranges , the northernmost section of the Boundary Ranges . Its nutrient area is at an altitude of 1700 m in Alaska. From there it flows in a north-westerly direction. The last 2 kilometers are on Canadian territory. The glacier ends at a height of around 200 m . A glacial rim lake has formed below the glacier tongue , which is the origin of the Chilkat River . The mean width of the glacier is 1.3 km.
Glacier development
The glacier tongue of the Chilkat glacier has retreated about 1 km in recent years. The surface area of the glacier edge lake has increased accordingly.