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Fourpeaked Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Fourpeaked Glacier is a calving glacier covering much of Fourpeaked Mountain, also called Fourpeaked Volcano, within Katmai National Park and Preserve on Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. The glacier retreated substantially from the 1950s through 1987, after which its terminus held relatively stable through 2000. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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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.

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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: Fourpeaked Glacier
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Source Wikidata: Fourpeaked Glacier
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1. Fourpeaked Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Fourpeaked Glacier is a calving glacier in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska.
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Wikidata: Fourpeaked Glacier
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