Trident glacier
| Trident glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Alaska chain | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 14.3 km (including medium source glacier: 28 km) | |
| Exposure | North | |
| Altitude range | 2750 m - 850 m | |
| width | ⌀ 2.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 42 ′ N , 146 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Delta Creek → Tanana River | |
The Trident Glacier is a valley glacier in the northern Alaska range in Alaska ( USA ).
The Trident Glacier has three source glaciers. The western spring glacier has its nutrient zone on the eastern flank of Mount Hayes . The middle spring glacier stretches along the western flank of Mount Shand and reaches an altitude of approximately 2750 m . The eastern source glacier is flanked to the west by Mount Moffit and Mount Shand and to the east by McGinnis Peak . First, the western and central spring glaciers unite. The eastern spring glacier joins this 4.5 km down the valley. The 2.5 km wide main glacier then flows 14.3 km north and ends at an altitude of 850 m . The glacier is drained via Delta Creek , a left tributary of the Tanana River . The total length including the central spring glacier is 28 km. The Trident Glacier is on the decline.
Bradford Washburn chose the name in 1941 Trident Glacier , as it its three source glaciers to a Trident (Trident) reminded.