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Coronation Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Coronation Glacier is a glacier on southeastern Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada, on the northeast coast of the Cumberland Peninsula, where it serves as an outlet glacier of the Penny Ice Cap. It lost its connection to the neighboring Elena Glacier sometime between 1943 and 1949. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
Connections

Caused By

Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Coronation Glacier

In Discipline

Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Coronation Glacier
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Canada

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Coronation Glacier
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Coronation Glacier, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
Quote, name_eng and desig_eng
"name_eng": "Auyuittuq National Park Of Canada", "desig_eng": "National Park"
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Coronation Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Coronation Glacier is a glacier on southeastern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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Wikidata: Coronation Glacier
Wikidata Q5172215, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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