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Fairweather Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Fairweather Glacier is a 19 mile long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It begins on the west slope of Mount Salisbury and runs west to its 1961 terminus, about 0.2 miles east of Cape Fairweather and 100 miles northwest of Hoonah. 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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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: Fairweather 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: Fairweather Glacier
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Fairweather Glacier is a 19 mile long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It begins on the west slope of Mount Salisbury and runs west to its 1961 t
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Wikidata: Fairweather Glacier
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