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Lamplugh glacier showcases the dramatic change within Glacier Bay. Descending as an arm from the Brady Icefield, Lamplugh's glacial ice is becoming increasingly susceptible to ice loss as temperatures rise due to anthropogenic climate change.
Lamplugh Glacier is an 8-mile-long (13 km) glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads north to its 1961 terminus in Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1.4...
Lamplugh Glacier is an 8-mile-long (13 km) glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads north to its 1961 terminus in Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) west of Ptarmigan Creek and 76 miles (122 km) northwest of Hoonah.
Lamplugh Glacier in 2017. Evidence of a massive landslide is visible in the upper middle. Lamplugh Glacier is 0.9 miles wide, 165 feet high at the face, and over 19 miles long. Its flow rate is approximately 0.75 - 1 foot per day.
Lamplugh Glacier is situated on the western shore of Glacier Bay at the entrance to Johns Hopkins Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 109 miles (175 km) southeast of Yakutat and 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Lamplugh is about 96 miles northwest of Juneau, and is often a stop on cruises going through Glacier Bay National Park. If you're wanting a more adventurous visit, go sea kayaking in Glacier Bay and make Lamplugh Glacier a stop on your route.
The mountain towering above Lamplugh Glacier tells a story of how Glacier Bay can change people. The mountain is named Mt Cooper – for William Cooper, a scientist who first came here in 1916 not for glaciers, but to learn about the how life returns to a landscape covered by ice.
There are seven tidewater glaciers in the park: Margerie Glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier, McBride Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Gilman Glacier, and LaPerouse Glacier. [24] High tide-water glaciers also include Riggs Glacier , Reid Glacier , Lituya Glacier , and North Crillon Glacier . [ 25 ] )
Other well-known glaciers in the Park include Johns Hopkins, Reid, Carroll and Lamplugh glaciers. The park and preserve harbors brown and black bears, mountain goats, moose, whales, seals, plus eagles and more than 200 other species of birds.
Lamplugh Glacier in Detail. About in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends N to its 1961 terminus in Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1.4 mi. W of Ptarmigan Creek and 76 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.