Malaspina Glacier is the largest piedmont glacier in the world, lying in southeastern Alaska between Icy Bay and Yakutat Bay at the head of the Alaska Panhandle. It measures about 65 kilometers wide and 45 kilometers long, an area comparable to Rhode Island, and is formed from three converging glaciers, the Seward, Agassiz and Marvine-Hayden, which flow out of the Saint Elias Mountains onto the coastal plain facing the Gulf of Alaska. 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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Protected StatusNational Monument or Landmark 1 Connections
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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: Malaspina Glacier
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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: Malaspina Glacier
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1. Wikidata: Malaspina Glacier
- Wikidata Q617835, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P1435 heritage-designation or P3425 Natura 2000 claim on the formation's own item (w-bbfill-earth2-0926)
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The Malaspina Glacier (Tlingit: Sít’ Tlein) in southeastern Alaska is the largest piedmont glacier in the world.
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