Grewingk Glacier
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 View across Kachemak Bay to the Grewingk Glacier |
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Alaska chain | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 17 km | |
| Exposure | East northeast | |
| Altitude range | 1150 m - 48 m | |
| width | ⌀ 2.6 km | |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 35 ′ N , 150 ° 59 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Grewingk Creek → Kachemak Bay | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Grewingk Glacier is a glacier in the US state of Alaska in the southwest of the Kenai Peninsula .
geography
The 17 km long valley glacier has its nutrient area at an altitude of 1150 m . The 2.6 km wide Grewingk Glacier initially flows in a north-northwest direction, later in an east-northeast direction and ends at a height of 48 m . Below the glacier tongue is a glacier edge lake that drains from Grewingk Creek to nearby Kachemak Bay . The glacial rim lake and tongue are located in Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park . Several hiking trails lead to the edge of the glacier lake and to lookout points on the side above the glacier tongue.
The glacier was named after the German-Baltic geologist Constantin von Grewingk .
