Grand Pacific Glacier

Grand Pacific Glacier
The Grand Pacific Glacier Terminus
Map showing the location of Grand Pacific Glacier
Map showing the location of Grand Pacific Glacier
Grand Pacific Glacier
LocationYakutat City and Borough, Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates59°11′N 137°18′W / 59.183°N 137.300°W / 59.183; -137.300
Length25 km (16 mi)
StatusRetreating
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Grand Pacific Glacier is a 25 km (16 mi) long glacier in British Columbia and Alaska. It begins in Glacier Bay National Park in the St. Elias Mountains, 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Mount Hay, trends east into the Grand Pacific Pass area of British Columbia, and then southeast to the head of Tarr Inlet at Alaska-Canada boundary, 68 miles (109 km) west of Skagway.[1]

  1. ^ "Glacier Bay Map" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

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