McCarty Glacier (Alaska)
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Kenai Mountains | |
| Type | Outlet glacier | |
| length | 12.5 km | |
| Exposure | Southeast | |
| Altitude range | 1200 m - 0 m | |
| width | ⌀ 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 47 ′ N , 150 ° 13 ′ W | |
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| drainage | McCarty Fjord → Nuka Bay ( Gulf of Alaska ) | |
| particularities | Tidal glaciers | |
The McCarty Glacier is about 12.5 km long from the Harding Icefield fed glacier on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska .
McCarty Glacier is 60 km southwest of Seward in Kenai Fjords National Park . The 2 km wide glacier flows in a south-southwest direction and flows into the head end of McCarty Fjord . To the east the glacier is flanked by the 1951 m high McCarty Peak . The glacier is retreating.
The glacier was named by the US Geological Survey in 1911 after William McCarty, who was based in Seward.