Colony Glacier
| Colony Glacier | ||
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 Colony Glacier tongue on Inner Lake George |
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Chugach Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 25 km | |
| surface | 150 km² | |
| Exposure | North northwest | |
| Altitude range | 2100 m - 62 m | |
| width | ⌀ 2.6 km | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 14 ′ N , 148 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| drainage | → Knik River | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Colony Glacier is a glacier in the US state of Alaska . It is located in the Chugach National Forest 70 km east of Anchorage .
geography
The 25 km long and in the lower area 2.6 km wide glacier has several spring glaciers, whose nutrient areas lie at altitudes between 1800 m and 2100 m on the north flank of the southwestern Chugach Mountains . The glacier is flanked in the south and east by the peaks of Mount Muir , Mount Gilbert and Mount Gannett . The Lake George Glacier runs west of the Colony Glacier . To the south, Colony Glacier borders several smaller glaciers that flow down to Harriman Fjord and Barry Arm . The Knik Glacier runs east of the Colony Glacier . The Colony Glacier covers an area of about 150 km². It flows in a predominantly north-northwest direction and ends on the southeastern shore of Inner Lake George at a height of about 62 m .
Glacier development
The glacier tongue has retreated about 600 m in the last few decades.
