Kluane Glacier

Kluane Glacier
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location	Yukon ( Canada )
Mountains	Elias chain
Type	Valley glacier
length	35 km
Exposure	North
Altitude range	2800  m  -  1400  m
width	⌀ 2 km
Coordinates	60 ° 57 ′  N , 139 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 60 ° 57 ′  N , 139 ° 18 ′  W
drainage	Donjek River

The Kluane Glacier is a glacier of the Kluane Icefield in the east of the Elias Range in the Canadian Yukon Territory .

The approximately 35 km long and an average of 2 km wide Kluane Glacier is located within the Kluane National Park . The glacier's nutrient zone is located on the southern flank of Fram Peak at an altitude of over 2800  m , the lower end of the glacier is at an altitude of 1400  m . The glacier initially flows east and turns north after about 15 km. It feeds the Donjek River , whose water flows over the White River and Yukon River . 23 km downhill from the Kluane glacier is the glacier tongue of Donjek glacier .

Glacier development

Moraines in the Donjek valley above the Donjek glacier indicate that the Kluane glacier reached this point about 5000 years ago.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} P. G. Johnson: A Possible Advanced Hypsithermal Position of the Donjek Glacier (PDF, 690 KB) University of Calgary, Short Papers and Notes. Retrieved October 31, 2017.