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Illecillewaet Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

The Illecillewaet Glacier is a glacier in British Columbia, Canada, within Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Mountains, a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains. After the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway near the glacier's terminus and the building of a nearby hotel, it became a prominent tourist destination in the Canadian west, and it is now one of the most studied glaciers in North America, with its retreat over the past hundred years extensively documented. 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 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: Illecillewaet Glacier

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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: Illecillewaet Glacier
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
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1. Illecillewaet Glacier (Wikipedia)
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    The Illecillewaet Glacier is a glacier in British Columbia, Canada.
  • Entity description, protection designation
    Illecillewaet Glacier is a glacier in British Columbia, Canada, within Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Mountains, a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains. After the cons
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Wikidata: Illecillewaet Glacier
Wikidata Q3108297, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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