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Mendenhall Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Mendenhall Glacier is a mountain glacier about 13.6 miles long in Mendenhall Valley, roughly 12 miles from downtown Juneau in southeast Alaska. It flows from the Juneau Icefield and terminates in a proglacial lake, and the glacier and its surrounding landscape are protected within the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, part of the Tongass National Forest. 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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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: Mendenhall 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: Mendenhall Glacier
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1. Mendenhall Glacier (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Mendenhall Glacier (Tlingit: Áakʼw Tʼáak Sítʼ) is a glacier about 13.6 miles (21.9 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
  • Lead section (protected-status)
    The glacier and surrounding landscape are protected as part of the 5,815 acres (2,353 ha) Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, a federally designated unit of the Tongass National Forest.
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Wikidata: Mendenhall Glacier
Wikidata Q1920336, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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