Yalik glacier
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 View from the east of the Yalik glacier |
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| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| Mountains | Kenai Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 11.8 km | |
| Exposure | South southeast | |
| Altitude range | 1000 m - | |
| width | ⌀ 1.7 km | |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 30 ′ N , 150 ° 44 ′ W | |
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| drainage | → Nuka Passage ( Gulf of Alaska ) | |
| particularities | Glacier edge lake | |
The Yalik Glacier is 11.8 km long on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska .
The glacier is 100 km southwest of Seward in the extreme southwest of the Kenai Fjords National Park . The 1.7 km wide Yalik Glacier ends about 5.4 km from the sea at a glacier edge lake . This is drained south to the nearby Nuka Passage . The glacier is retreating. The glacier is easily accessible from Yalik Bay to the east , where there is a campsite.
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