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| x Schoolroom Glacier |
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Hanging glacier |
Schoolroom Glacier is the small glacier located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. This Teton Range glacier lies adjacent to the south Cascade Canyon trail at an altitude of 10,400 feet (3,170 m), approximately 12 miles (19...
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| x Chenega Glacier |
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19.5 km | Tidewater glacier |
Chenega Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Prince William Sound and on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Chenega Glacier was named in 1905 for Chenega Island and the nearby community of Chenega Bay. The glacier is a tourist...
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| x Furtwängler Glacier |
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Mountain Glacier |
The Furtwängler Glacier is located near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Furtwängler Glacier is a small remnant of an enormous icecap which once crowned the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. This icecap has retreated significantly over the...
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| x Rebmann Glacier |
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Mountain Glacier |
The Rebmann Glacier is located near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and is a small remnant of an enormous icecap which once crowned the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. This icecap has retreated significantly over the past century and...
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| x Exit Glacier |
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Valley glacier |
Exit Glacier is a glacier derived from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska.
It received its name because it served as the exit for the first recorded crossing of the Harding Icefield in 1968.
In the spring of 1968, the first...
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| x Blackfoot Glacier |
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1.6 km | Mountain Glacier |
Blackfoot Glacier is the largest of the remaining 27 glaciers in Glacier National Park and is located to the north of Blackfoot Mountain. The glacier was most recently measured in 1993 at 430 acres (1.74 km²), yet when first documented in 1850, the...
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| x Cloud Peak Glacier | Mountain Glacier |
Cloud Peak Glacier is located in the Bighorn Mountains in the northcentral section of the U.S. state of Wyoming. Centered within the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest, Cloud Peak Glacier is the only active glacier in the Bighorn...
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| x Upper Fremont Glacier |
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2.2 km | Mountain Glacier |
Upper Fremont Glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. This Wind River Range glacier is associated with the largest grouping of glaciers in the U.S. Rocky Mountains and lies on the...
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| x Jackson Glacier |
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1.13 km | Mountain Glacier |
Jackson Glacier is approximately the fifth largest of the remaining 27 glaciers in Glacier National Park located in the U.S. state of Montana. A part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the park, Jackson Glacier rests on the north side of Mount...
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| x Boulder Glacier |
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2.4 km | Mountain Glacier |
Boulder Glacier is located on the southeast slope of Mount Baker, a stratovolcano near the Pacific coast of North America in the Cascade Range of Washington. Boulder Glacier is the sixth largest on Mount Baker with an area of 1.3 mi² (3.4 km²) (Post...
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| x Grasshopper Glacier | 1.6 km | Mountain Glacier |
Grasshopper Glacier (Montana) is a glacier located in the Beartooth Mountains, Custer National Forest, Montana, U.S.. The glacier is within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The glacier is approximately ...
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| x Siachen Glacier |
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Mountain Glacier |
The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains at about 35°30′N 77°00′E / 35.5°N 77.0°E / 35.5; 77.0, just east of the Line of Control between India-Pakistan. India controls all of the Siachen Glacier...
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| x Carbon Glacier |
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9.17 km | Mountain Glacier |
The Carbon Glacier is the source of the Carbon River. It is accessible from the northwest Carbon River entrance of Mount Rainier National Park just outside the town of Carbonado Washington. The Carbon Glacier is the lowest-elevation glacier in the...
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| x Rupal Glacier | Mountain Glacier |
Rupal Glacier or Tashain Glacier is a glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of Himalayas. It starts north of an unnamed 6,326 m high peak (35° 8'35.93"N 74°24'52.46"E) and flows northeastward, north of Laila Peak (Rupal Valley) and south of Nanga...
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| x Gannett Glacier |
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Mountain Glacier |
Gannett Glacier is the largest glacier in the Rocky Mountains within the United States. The glacier is located on the east and north slopes of Gannett Peak, the highest mountain in Wyoming on the east side of the Continental Divide in the Wind River...
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| x Grinnell Glacier |
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Mountain Glacier |
Grinnell Glacier is located in the heart of Glacier National Park (U.S.) in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is named for George Bird Grinnell, an early American conservationist and explorer, who was also a strong advocate of ensuring the...
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| x Quelccaya Ice Cap |
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Icecap |
The Quelccaya Ice Cap is the largest glaciated area in the tropics. Located in the Cordillera Oriental section of the Andes mountains of Peru, the ice cap is at an average altitude of 5,470 meters (18,600 ft) and spans an area of 44 square...
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| x Lituya Glacier | 18 km | Tidewater glacier |
Lituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located at 58°44′07″N 137°46′21″W / 58.73528, -137.7725 inside Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, its source is in the Fairweather Range and it feeds into Lituya Bay on the...
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| x Davidson Glacier |
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Valley glacier |
The Davidson Glacier is a large valley glacier near Haines, Alaska that finds its source in the Chilkat Range.
The Davidson Glacier was originally discovered by 1867 and was recounted by John Muir in his famous travels in and around Glacier Bay in...
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| x Malaspina Glacier |
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45 km | Piedmont Glacier |
The Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is the largest piedmont glacier this far south in North America. It is about 65 km (40 mi) wide and 45 km (28 mi) long, with an area of some 3,900 km² (1,500 sq mi). It is named after the Italian explorer...
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| x Mýrdalsjökull |
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Mýrdalsjökull (pronounced [ˈmirtalsˌjœːkʏtl ], literally the ice cap in the marsh valley) is a glacier in the south of Iceland. It is situated to the north of Vík í Mýrdal and to the east of the smaller glacier Eyjafjallajökull. Its peak reaches 1...
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| x Pindari Glacier |
The Pindari Glacier is a glacier found in the upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas, to the southeast of Nanda Devi.
The trail to reach the glacier crosses the villages of Saung, Loharkhet, over the Dhakuri pass, onto Khati village (the last...
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| x Whitney Glacier | Mountain Glacier |
The Whitney Glacier is a glacier situated on Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. The Whitney Glacier is the longest glacier and also the only valley glacier in California. In area and volume, it ranks second in the state behind the nearby...
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| x Ketchum Glacier |
Ketchum Glacier (75°0′S 63°45′W / 75°S 63.75°W / -75; -63.75) is an eastward flowing glacier at the base of Palmer Land, about 50 miles (80 km) long, descending between the Latady Mountains and the Scaife Mountains into Gardner Inlet. It was...
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| x Gornergletscher |
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14 km |
The Gorner Glacier (German: Gornergletscher) is a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa Massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is about 14 km long and 1 to 1.5 km wide. The entire glacial area of the...
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| x Kaliakra Glacier |
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Kaliakra Glacier (Lednik Kaliakra \'led-nik ka-li-'a-kra\) is a glacier in northeastern Livingston Island, Antarctica extending 7 km in E-W direction and 8 km in N-S direction. It is bounded by Melnik Ridge and Bowles Ridge to the S, by Hemus Peak,...
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| x Quensel Glacier |
Quensel Glacier (54°46′S 35°50′W / 54.767°S 35.833°W / -54.767; -35.833) is a small glacier flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after...
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| x Batura Glacier |
Batura Glacier (57km long) is one of the largest and longest glaciers outside the polar regions. It lies in the Gojal region of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, just north of Batura (7,795 m) and Passu (7,500 m) massifs. It flows west to east. The...
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| x Hainablak Glacier |
Hainablak Glacier is a glacier near Trango Tower mountain in Baltistan, Northern Areas of Pakistan.
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| x Lambert Glacier |
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Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles (100 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier. It drains 8 % of the Antarctic ice...
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| x Kamchiya Glacier |
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Kamchiya Glacier (Lednik Kamchiya \'led-nik 'kam-chi-ya\) is located on Livingston Island south of the glacial divide between the Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait, and draining into South Bay between Ereby Point and Memorable Beach. It extends 5...
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| x Vatnajökull |
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Vatnajökull (English: Glacier of lakes) (IPA: [ˈvahtnaˌjœːkʏtl ̥]) is the largest glacier in Iceland. It is located in the south-east of the island, covering more than 8% of the country. With a size of 8,100 km², it is the largest glacier in Europe...
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| x Pine Island Glacier |
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Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is a large ice stream flowing west-northwest along the south side of the Hudson Mountains into Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and USN air...
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| x Brady Glacier |
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Brady Glacier is a 24-mile-long (39 km) glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at 58°40′N 136°47′W / 58.667°N 136.783°W / 58.667; -136.783 and trends south to Taylor Bay, 46 miles (74 km)...
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| x Columbia Glacier |
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The Columbia Glacier is a glacier in Prince William Sound on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is one of several glaciers in the area named for elite U.S. colleges, in this case Columbia University, and was named by the Harriman Alaska...
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| x Teteven Glacier |
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Teteven Glacier (Lednik Teteven \'led-nik 'te-te-ven\) is a glacier on Greenwich Island, Antarctica draining the N slopes of Dryanovo Heights into the Drake Passage between Crutch Peaks and the ice-free area at Agüedo Point. it extends 7 km in E-W...
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| x Tazlina Glacier |
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Tazlina Glacier is a 25-mile-long (40 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Mount Cashman and flows north to its terminus one mile (1.6 km) south of Tazlina Lake and 43 miles (69 km) north of Valdez. Tazlina...
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| x Dennistoun Glacier |
The Dennistoun Glacier is a glacier, 80 km (50 mi) long, draining the northern slopes of Mounts Black Prince, Royalist and Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land. It flows northwest between the Lyttelton Range and Dunedin Range, turning...
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| x Wulfila Glacier |
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Wulfila Glacier (Lednik Wulfila \'led-nik vul-'fi-la\) is located on Greenwich Island, Antarctica and is bounded by Oborishte Ridge to the NW, Terter Peak and Razgrad Peak to the NE, and Ephraim Bluff to the SE. It extends 3 km in NW-SE direction,...
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| x Rhine Glacier |
The Rhine Glacier was a glacier during the Last glacial period which is responsible for the formation of the Lake Constance.
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| x Morteratsch Glacier |
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The Morteratsch Glacier (romansh: Vadret da Morteratsch) is the largest glacier by area in the Bernina Range of the Bündner Alps in Switzerland.
It is, just after the Pasterze Glacier and Gepatschferner, the third largest and by volume (1.2 km³) the...
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| x Knik Glacier |
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The Knik Glacier is located just 50 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska on the northern end of the Chugach Mountains. The ice field averages over 25 miles long and over 5 miles across, making it one of the largest glaciers in southcentral Alaska. Knik...
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| x Blåmannsisen |
Blåmannsisen (In Sami Ålmåjalosjiegŋa) is the fifth largest glacier in mainland Norway. Its highest point is 1,560 meters above sea level and its lowest point is 810 m. Three outlet glaciers extend from the icecap. A small outlet spills over a...
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| x Athabasca Glacier |
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The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently recedes at a rate of 2-3 metres per year and has receded more than 1.5 km in the past 125 years and lost over...
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| x Zemu Glacier |
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Zemu Glacier is the largest glacier in the Eastern Himalaya.
It is about 26 kilometres in length and found at the base of the Kangchenjunga in the Sikkim Himalaya, India. It may be one of the sources for the Teesta River.
At the head of the Zemu...
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| x Crowfoot Glacier |
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Crowfoot Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, 32 km (20 miles) northwest of Lake Louise, and can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway.
Crowfoot Glacier is east of the Continental divide, and runoff from the glacier supplies...
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| x Scott Glacier |
Scott Glacier (66°30′S 100°20′E / 66.5°S 100.333°E / -66.5; 100.333) is a glacier, 7 miles (11 km) wide and over 20 miles (32 km) long, flowing northnorthwest to the Antarctic coast between Denman Glacier and Mill Island. It was discovered by the...
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| x Lennox-King Glacier |
Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about 40 miles (60 km) long, draining Bowden Neve and flowing northeast between the Holland and Queen Alexandra Ranges to enter Richards Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey...
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| x Getz Ice Shelf |
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Getz Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf, over 480 km (300 mi) long and from 32 to 96 km (20 to 60 mi) wide, bordering the Hobbs and Bakutis Coasts of Marie Byrd Land between McDonald Heights and Martin Peninsula. Several large islands are partially...
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| x Devils Glacier |
Devils Glacier (86°23′S 165°0′W / 86.383°S 165°W / -86.383; -165) is a heavily crevassed glacier at the edge of the polar plateau, about 20 miles (32 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) wide, draining the south part of the Mohn Basin and flowing...
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| x Jostedalsbreen |
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Jostedalsbreen or Jostedal Glacier, is the biggest glacier in continental Europe. It is situated in the county Sogn og Fjordane at the west coast of southern Norway. There are however larger glaciers on the Svalbard archipelago.
Jostedalsbreen lies...
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| x Aurora Glacier |
Aurora Glacier is a four-mile-long (6.4 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It heads east of July Fourth Mountain and trends northwest to an icefield between the heads of Reid and Brady Glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 61...
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| x Emmons Glacier |
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Mountain Glacier |
Emmons Glacier is a glacier on the northeast flank of Mount Rainier, in Washington. At 4.3 square miles (11 km²), it has the largest surface area of any glacier in the contiguous United States. The glacier was named after the geologist Samuel...
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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is the segment of the continental ice sheet that covers West (or Lesser) Antarctica, the portion of Antarctica west of the Transantarctic Mountains. The WAIS is classified as a marine-based ice sheet, meaning that...
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| x Lillie Glacier |
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Lillie Glacier is a large glacier, about 160 km (100 mi) long and 16 km (10 mi) wide, between Bowers Mountains on the west and Concord and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier Tongue. The...
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| x Langjökull |
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Langjökull is, after the Vatnajökull, the second-largest of the glaciers of Iceland (1.021 km). It is situated in the west of the Icelandic Interior or Highlands of Iceland and can be seen clearly from Haukadalur.
Its highest peak reaches 1,360...
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| x Johns Hopkins Glacier |
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Johns Hopkins Glacier is a 12-mile-long (19 km) glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the east slopes of Lituya Mountain and Mount Salisbury, and trends west to the head of Johns Hopkins...
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| x Saskatchewan Glacier |
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Saskatchewan Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, approximately 120 km (75 miles) northwest of the town of Banff, and can be accessed from the Icefields Parkway. Saskatchewan Glacier is an outflow glacier from the Columbia...
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| x Greenwell Glacier |
The Greenwell Glacier is a major tributary glacier of Antarctica, 72 km long, draining northwest between Mirabito Range and Everett Range to enter Lillie Glacier below Mount Works, in northwest Victoria Land.
Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S....
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| x Milam Glacier |
Milam Glacier is a major glacier of the Kumaon Himalaya. It is located in the tehsil of Munsiyari, part of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India, about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Nanda Devi. It ranges in elevation from about 5,500...
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