Clark Glacier (Alaska)

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Clark Glacier
Map showing the location of Clark Glacier
Map showing the location of Clark Glacier
TypeMountain glacier
Coordinates58°48′41″N 137°06′28″W / 58.81139°N 137.10778°W / 58.81139; -137.10778Coordinates: 58°48′41″N 137°06′28″W / 58.81139°N 137.10778°W / 58.81139; -137.10778[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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  1. ^ a b "Clark Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 13, 2012.


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