Clark Glacier (Alaska)
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Type | Mountain glacier |
Coordinates | 58°48′41″N 137°06′28″W / 58.81139°N 137.10778°WCoordinates: 58°48′41″N 137°06′28″W / 58.81139°N 137.10778°W[1] |
Clark Glacier is an 8-mile (13 km) long glacier located on Mount Abbe in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads northwest to its 1961 terminus at the head of , 78 mi (126 km) northwest of Hoonah, Alaska. It was named by W. O. Field and W. S. Cooper in 1936 for Johns Hopkins University professor of geology William Bullock Clark (1860–1917).[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b "Clark Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
Categories:
- Glaciers of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- Glaciers of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska
- Glaciers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
- Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska geography stubs
- Alaska glacier stubs