South Crillon Glacier
| South Crillon Glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Fairweather Range ( Elias chain ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 14 km | |
| Exposure | South southeast | |
| Altitude range | 1500 m - 90 m | |
| width | ⌀ 0.9 km | |
| Coordinates | 58 ° 38 ′ N , 137 ° 20 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Crillon Lake → Crillon River → Pacific Ocean | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The South Crillon Glacier is a 14 km long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in the Panhandle of Alaska (USA).
geography
The glacier's nutrient area is located at an altitude of about 1,600 m on the western flank of Mount Crillon in the Fairweather Range . From there, the glacier flows out of the mountains in a predominantly west-southwest direction. Further north, the North Crillon Glacier runs parallel to the South Crillon Glacier. Both glaciers reach the Fairweather Fault . As the North Crillon Glacier turns north, the South Crillon Glacier turns south-southeast. Shortly afterwards it ends at a height of 90 m on the north shore of the 7 km long Crillon Lake , a lake at the edge of the glacier . This is drained to the Pacific via the 2 km long Crillon River . The mean glacier width of the South Crillon Glacier is 900 m.