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Margerie Glacier. Margerie Glacier is a 21 mi (34 km) long tidewater glacier in Glacier Bay, Alaska, United States within the boundaries of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The glacier begins on the southern slopes of Mount Root, elevation 12,860 feet (3,920 m), on the Alaska – Canada border flowing southeast down the valley, then ...
The Margerie Glacier is a 21 miles (34 km) long tide water glacier that begins on the south slope of Mount Root, at the Alaska-Canada border in the Fairweather Range (elevation above 9,000 feet (2,700 m)), and flows southeast and northeast to Tarr Inlet, one mile (1.6 km) north of the terminus of Grand Pacific Glacier and 87 miles (140 km ...
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is an national park of the United States located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on February 26, 1925. [4] Subsequent to an expansion of the monument by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, the ...
The Huna Tlingit have a long history in Glacier Bay. “They were actually displaced by some of these geologic forces early on and have come back to the area,” Christian said.
Grand Pacific Glacier is a 25 km (16 mi) long glacier in British Columbia and Alaska.It begins in Glacier Bay National Park in the Saint Elias Mountains, 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Mount Hay, trends east into the Grand Pacific Pass area of British Columbia, and then southeast to the head of Tarr Inlet at Alaska-Canada boundary, 68 miles (109 km) west of Skagway.
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Emmanuel de Margerie. Emmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie ForMemRS [1] (11 November 1862 – 20 December 1953) was a French geographer after whom the Margerie Glacier was named, which he visited in 1913.
The glacier is close to sealing off Russell Fjord at top from Disenchantment Bay at bottom. The longest source for Hubbard Glacier originates 122 kilometres (76 mi) from its snout and is located at about 61°00′N 140°09′W / 61.000°N 140.150°W / 61.000; -140.150 , approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Mount Walsh with an ...