Shakes glacier
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| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Boundary Ranges ( Coast Mountains ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 11 km | |
| Exposure | Southeast | |
| Altitude range | 1550 m - 5 m | |
| width | ⌀ 0.7 km | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 51 ′ N , 132 ° 13 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Shakes Lake → Shakes Slough → Stikine River | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Shakes Glacier is an 11 km long valley glacier in the Boundary Ranges in Alaska (USA). The glacier was named Chief Shakes after Wrangell's eminent Tlingit chiefs .
geography
The Shakes Glacier is located in the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness within the Tongass National Forest in the Alaska Panhandle . The glacier tongue is 40 km north-northeast of the city of Wrangell. Similar to the LeConte glacier further to the west, the glacier forms an outlet for the Stikine Icecap . The glacier's nutrient zone is at an altitude of 1550 m . The average 700 m wide Shakes Glacier flows initially in a southerly direction, later in a southeasterly direction. The glacier ends at the northern end of the 9 km long and about 5 m lying height edge of the glacier lake Shakes Lake . This is drained to the Stikine River via the 3 mile long Shakes Slough outflow .
Glacier retreat
In the late 17th century, the glacier reached the Stikine River. With the exception of the Little Ice Age , during which the glacier enlarged, the glacier has steadily retreated in the meantime. Between 1780 and 1948, the average withdrawal rate was 26 meters per year. After 1948 the withdrawal rate was 107 m per year.
tourism
The Shakes Glacier and its surroundings are still largely undeveloped.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Tongass National Forest, Shakes Glacier . United States Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ↑ Shakes Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey