Seward Glacier
| Seward Glacier | ||
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.jpg) The white area at the top of the picture and the outlet glacier in the middle of the picture belong to the Seward glacier. At the bottom of the picture is the Malaspina glacier. |
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| location | Yukon (Canada), Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Elias chain | |
| Type | Outlet glacier | |
| length | 82 km | |
| surface | approx. 1300 km² | |
| Altitude range | 2080 m - 670 m | |
| width | Max. 20 km | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 24 ′ N , 140 ° 16 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Malaspina Glacier → Gulf of Alaska | |
 In the foreground Mount Logan , on the right in the background Mount Saint Elias , in between the Seward Glacier flows to the east (in the picture to the left). |
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The Sewardgletscher lies in the Saint Elias Mountains . Most of it is located in Yukon, Canada. Only a smaller area in the southeast belongs to Alaska ( USA ).
It was named after the US politician and Secretary of State William Henry Seward .
geography
The 82 km long Seward Glacier covers an area of about 1300 km², which extends between the mountain ranges of Mount Logan in the north and Mount Saint Elias in the south. In the west, not far from the US-American border, it meets the Columbus Glacier at an altitude of 2080 m , which drains the area in a westerly direction. The Seward Glacier initially flows 50 km in an easterly direction, with a width of up to 20 km. Then he turns south. As an outlet glacier about 5 km wide , it falls to a height of 670 m before it merges into the Malaspina glacier , which finally flows into the Gulf of Alaska .
