Harding Icefield
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Kenai Mountains | |
| Type | icecap | |
| surface | 780 km² | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 0 ′ N , 150 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | over several outlet glaciers | |
The Harding Icefield is a large glacier area in the Kenai Mountains on the Kenai Peninsula in the US state of Alaska .
The southeastern part of the ice cap is in the Kenai Fjords National Park , the northwest in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge . The Icefield was named after the US President Warren G. Harding .
The glacier area covers an area of over 780 km². Together with the 32 glaciers, whose nutrient area is the Harding Icefield, the area is 1770 km². The Exit , Kachemak , Bear , Aialik and Tustumena glaciers have their origins here. Eight of the Icefield's glaciers flow into fjords of the Gulf of Alaska .
Only the peaks of the mountains of the Kenai Mountains protrude like islands from the inland ice mass. These rocks surrounded by ice are called " nunatakker " in glaciology .
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