LeConte glacier
| LeConte glacier | ||
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 The mouth of the LeConte glacier in the LeConte Bay |
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Coast Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier , outlet glacier | |
| length | 35 km | |
| Exposure | southwest | |
| Altitude range | 1800 m - 0 m | |
| width | ⌀ 2.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 50 ′ N , 132 ° 21 ′ W | |
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| drainage | LeConte Bay ( Frederick Sound ) | |
| particularities | Tidal glaciers | |
The LeConte Glacier is a 35 km long glacier in the Tongass National Forest in the Panhandle of Alaska (USA). The glacier was named in 1887 by Lieutenant CM Thomas of the United States Navy after Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), an American geologist and professor at the University of California .
geography
The nutrient area of the LeConte Glacier is located southeast of the Devils Thumb in the Coast Mountains to the south of the Stikine Icecap . From there it flows 35 km in a predominantly south-south-west direction. It finally flows 32 km east of Petersburg into the rear end of LeConte Bay , a bay of Frederick Sound .
The LeConte Glacier is the southernmost glacier in the northern hemisphere that flows into a sea. Since the first recording in 1887, the glacier has km around 4 withdrawn . Today its size is believed to be stable.