Kushtaka glacier
| Kushtaka glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Chugach Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 6.1 km | |
| Exposure | South southwest | |
| Altitude range | 350 m - 50 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1.8 km | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 25 '38 " N , 144 ° 5' 38" W | |
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| drainage | → Kushtaka Lake → Stillwater Creek → Bering River | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Kushtaka Glacier is a tongue of the Martin River Glacier in the southeast of the Chugach Mountains in south-central Alaska .
geography
The Kushtaka Glacier branches off to the south from the main glacier of the Martin River Glacier at an altitude of about 350 m . It is approximately 6.1 km long and 1.8 km wide. It ends at about 50 m height 1.7 km north of Kushtaka Lake . The meltwater from the Kushtaka Glacier flows into Kushtaka Lake. Its outflow, Stillwater Creek , flows into the Bering River , a tributary of the Gulf of Alaska .
The glacier tongue is in retreat.