Stairway Glacier (Canada)
| Stairway glacier | ||
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 The Stairway Glacier (left) joins the Kaskawulsh Glacier (seen from the plane) |
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| location | Yukon (Canada) | |
| Mountains | Elias chain | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 27 km | |
| Exposure | North northeast | |
| Altitude range | 3000 m - 1500 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1.4 km | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 42 ′ N , 138 ° 59 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Kaskawulsh glacier | |
The Stairway Glacier ( stairway English for "stairs") is a right tributary glacier of the Kaskawulsh Glacier in Kluane National Park in Canada .
The Stairway Glacier is part of the Kluane Icefield , which stretches from the northeastern slope of the Elias Range to deeper layers of the Yukon Territory . The nutrient area of the Stairway Glacier is 3,000 m above sea level, 6 km northwest of Pinnacle Peak . From there the 1.4 km wide valley glacier flows in a northerly direction and meets the Kaskawulsh glacier after 27 km. The glacier is flanked by Atrypa Peak in the east and Stairway Peak in the west .
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