Revelation glacier
| Revelation glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Revelation Mountains ( Alaska Range ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 17 km | |
| Exposure | North northwest | |
| Altitude range | 2000 m - 600 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1 km | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 47 ′ N , 154 ° 11 ′ W | |
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| drainage | → Big River → Kuskokwim River | |
The Revelation Glacier ( revelation English for "Revelation") is a 17 km long valley glacier in the Revelation Mountains , a mountain group in the extreme southwest of the Alaska range in Alaska ( USA ).
The nutrient area of the Revelation Glacier lies at an altitude of 2000 m in the south of the Revelation Mountains. The glacier, which is a maximum of one kilometer wide, initially flows 5 km to the northeast and then turns to the north-northwest. The glacier ends at a height of about 600 m on the southwest flank of Mount Hesperus . The meltwater flows into the Big River via a 7.5 km nameless drain . This belongs to the river system of the Kuskokwim River .