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Tana Glacier

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Type
  
Valley glacier

Status
  
retreating

Terminus
  
outwash plains

Length
  
27,359 m

Location
  
Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S.

Similar
  
Bagley Icefield, Bering Glacier, Barnard Glacier, Kennicott Glacier, Mount Wrangell

Tana Glacier is a 17-mile-long (27 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Bagley Icefield and flows northwest to its 1950 terminus near the head of the Tana River. Its name, of Alaska Native origin, was first recorded by prospectors in 1900.

Map of Tana Glacier, Alaska 99566, USA

References

Tana Glacier Wikipedia


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