Wernicke glacier
| Wernicke glacier | ||
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Chugach Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 33 km | |
| Exposure | west | |
| Altitude range | 1700 m - 250 m | |
| width | ⌀ 1.7 km | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 48 ′ N , 144 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Wernicke River → Copper River | |
The Wernicke Glacier is a 33 km long valley glacier in south-central Alaska . It is located in the Chugach National Forest 85 km east-northeast of Cordova .
geography
The 1700 m high nutrient area of the Wernicke Glacier is located in the Chugach Mountains 14 km northwest of Mount Tom White . It borders on the nutrient area of the Van Cleve Glacier to the west . The Wernicke Glacier initially flows 5 km to the northeast, where it meets the Fan Glacier further east . The mean 1.7 km wide Wernicke Glacier turns to the west. It flows 25 km in a westerly direction and ends 11 km east of the lower reaches of the Copper River at an altitude of about 250 m . The Wernicke River forms the outlet of the glacier to the Copper River. The Wernicke Glacier is in retreat.
Naming
The glacier was given its current name by the US Geological Survey (USGS) in 1959 . The name is believed to derive from the Wernicke River, which was named after L. Wernicke, an engineer who helped build the Copper River and Northwestern Railway .