Finger glacier
| Finger glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Fairweather Range ( Elias chain ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 12 km | |
| Exposure | West southwest | |
| Altitude range | 2000 m - | |
| width | ⌀ 1.1 km | |
| Coordinates | 58 ° 29 ′ N , 137 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| drainage | → Gulf of Alaska ( Pacific Ocean ) | |
| particularities | 3 lakes on the edge of the glacier | |
The Finger Glacier is a 12 km long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in the Panhandle of Alaska (USA).
geography
The glacier's nutrient zone is on the southern flank of Mount Perouse in the southern Fairweather Range at an altitude of 2000 m . From there it flows in a west-southwest direction. The La Pérouse glacier runs further north . The glacier, which is about 1.1 km wide on average, squeezes through a 700 m narrow pass and finally reaches the sea coast. Below the glacier tongue there are three larger glacial edge lakes , each with a drain to the sea.