❄️ Alsek Glacier

United States · Americas · 59.20°N, 138.05°W

Alsek Glacier is a 24-kilometer-long (15 mi) glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in the Panhandle of Alaska (USA). The name Alsek is of Tlingit origin and may mean "place where people rest". The glacier was named in 1901 by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Moser, commander of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer USS Albatross.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	59.20°N, 138.05°W · view on map

Alsek Glacier is located in United States, in Americas.

More glaciers in United States

Adams Glacier (Mount Adams) · Agassiz Glacier (Alaska) · Agassiz Glacier (Montana) · Ahern Glacier (Montana) · Aialik Glacier · American Legion Glacier · Amherst Glacier · Anderson Glacier · Andrews Glacier · Arapaho Glacier.

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