Rock glacier
| Rock glacier | ||
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 Rock Glacier (1970) |
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| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Alaska chain | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 14 km | |
| Exposure | West northwest | |
| Altitude range | 2100 m - 870 m | |
| width | ⌀ 0.8 km | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 22 ′ N , 145 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Lower Miller Creek → Castner Creek → Delta River → Tanana River | |
The Fels-Glacier is a 14 km long valley glacier in the northern Alaska range in Alaska ( USA ). The rock glacier flows together with the Castner glacier , which runs further north, and the Canwell glacier , which runs further south, in a westerly direction to the river valley of the Delta River .
The 2100 m high nutrient area of the Fels glacier is located on the western flank of Snow White and the southern flank of M'Ladies Mountain . The 800 m wide rock glacier flows in a west-northwest direction and ends at an altitude of about 870 m . Below the glacier tongue, the 5.6 km long Lower Miller Creek flows through a narrow gorge. The Richardson Highway runs 3.5 km west of the glacier tongue .
On topographic maps from 1955, the rock glacier was incorrectly referred to as Eel Glacier .
Web links
- Fels Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- Eel Glacier in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce F. Molnia: Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World: Alaska - US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386-K (PDF, 14.4 MB) United States Geological Survey. S. K411, K412. 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2018.