Dawes Glacier
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| location | Alaska (USA), British Columbia (Canada) | |
| Mountains | Boundary Ranges ( Coast Mountains ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 38 km | |
| Exposure | west | |
| Altitude range | 1800 m - 0 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 57 ° 29 ′ N , 132 ° 44 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Endicott Arm → Stephens Passage ( Pacific Ocean ) | |
| particularities | Tidal glaciers | |
The Dawes Glacier is a 38 km long valley glacier in the Boundary Ranges in Alaska (USA). The glacier was named after Henry Laurens Dawes (1816–1903), US Senator from Massachusetts .
geography
Dawes Glacier is 130 km southeast of Juneau in the Alaska Panhandle . The glacier drains part of the glacier area of the Stikine Icecap to the west towards the sea. The nutrient area of the glacier, located at an altitude of around 1800 m , is on the Canadian side between Boundary Peak 73 and Mount Ratz . The glacier flows in a predominantly northwest direction and crosses the border into Alaska. The glacier tongue is at the far end of the Endicott Arm . This represents a fjord that opens towards Stephens Passage . The Dawes Glacier, like other glaciers in the region, is on the decline.
