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Muir Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Muir Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska, currently about 0.7 kilometers wide at its terminus. As recently as the mid-1980s it was a tidewater glacier that calved icebergs from an ice wall roughly 90 meters tall, before retreating from the bay's waters. 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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Classification
Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
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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: Muir 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: Muir Glacier
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Found In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Muir Glacier
Sources
1. Muir Glacier (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Muir Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska.
  • Lead section
    It is currently about 0.7 km (0.43 mi) wide at the terminus. As recently as the mid-1980s the glacier was a tidewater glacier and calved icebergs from a wall of ice 90 m (200 feet) tall.
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Wikidata: Muir Glacier
Wikidata Q1529680, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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