Nizina glacier
| Nizina glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Wrangell Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 9.3 km | |
| Exposure | South southeast | |
| Altitude range | 1050 m - | |
| width | ⌀ 2.6 km | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 38 '46 " N , 142 ° 27' 28" W | |
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| drainage | Nizina River | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Nizina Glacier is a glacier on the southern flank of the Wrangell Mountains in Alaska (USA).
The Nizina Glacier forms the lowest section of a glacier system east of Regal Mountain . The 2.6 km wide Nizina Glacier is created by the union of the Rohn (left) and Regal (right) glaciers at an altitude of around 1050 m . The glacier flows in a south-southeast direction and ends after 9.3 kilometers at a glacial rim lake , which is drained by the Nizina River . The glacier tongue of the Nizina Glacier is in retreat.