Fairweather Glacier
| Fairweather Glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Fairweather Range ( Elias chain ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 28 km | |
| Exposure | South southeast | |
| Altitude range | 2000 m - 10 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 58 ° 51 ′ N , 137 ° 39 ′ W | |
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| drainage | → Pacific Ocean | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Fairweather Glacier is a 28 km long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in the Panhandle of Alaska (USA).
geography
The glacier's nutrient zone is on the northwest flank of Mount Salisbury in the Fairweather Range at an altitude of 2000 m . From there, the glacier, which is 1.5 km wide on average, flows westwards below the southern flank of Mount Fairweather . It crosses the Fairweather Fault , which runs in a valley along the sea coast, and finally ends south of Cape Fairweather 4 km from the Pacific coast. Below the glacier tongue is a glacier edge lake that drains to the sea.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tidewater and Lake Water Glaciers in Glacier Bay NP . National Park Service. Retrieved November 25, 2017.