Martin River Glacier
| Martin River Glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Chugach Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 45 km | |
| surface | 250 km² | |
| Exposure | West southwest | |
| Altitude range | 1500 m - 120 m | |
| width | ⌀ 2.2 km; Max. 10 km | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 33 ′ N , 143 ° 52 ′ W | |
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| drainage |
Martin River → Copper River ; → Bering River |
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| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Martin River Glacier is a 45 km long glacier in the US state of Alaska , 80 km east of Cordova . The Martin River Glacier was named in 1905 by the US Geological Survey (USGS) .
geography
The 1500 m high nutrient area of the glacier is located on the southwest flank of Mount Hawkins , an eastern minor summit of Mount Tom White , in the eastern Chugach Mountains . The glacier, which is about 2.2 km wide on average, flows in a west-southwest direction through the Chugach Mountains and ends at an altitude of about 120 m . The main glacier has several tributary glaciers . The entire glacier area covers approximately 250 km². In the lower area the glacier widens to a width of 10 km. A glacial rim lake has formed below the main glacier tongue , which feeds the Martin River . Further south is Lake Charlotte , another glacial edge lake. The Kushtaka Glacier forms a glacier tongue that branches off to the south. Canyon Creek , which is fed on the southeastern edge of the glacier tongue and drains to the Bering River , forms another outflow .