Skilak glacier
| Skilak glacier | ||
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 Glacier tongue of the Skilak glacier with the glacier edge lake |
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Kenai Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 17 km | |
| Exposure | North | |
| Altitude range | 1200 m - | |
| width | ⌀ 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 15 ′ N , 150 ° 4 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Skilak River → Kenai River | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Skilak Glacier is a 17 km long glacier fed by the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains in the US state of Alaska .
The glacier is located in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge , 36 km northwest of Seward . The 2 km wide valley glacier flows in a northerly direction and ends at a glacier edge lake, which is drained over the Skilak River to Skilak Lake 17 km northwest . The Skilak Glacier is on the decline.
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