Double Glacier
Double Glacier is an 11 mi (18 km) long glacier in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of Alaska, located 47 mi (76 km) west-northwest of Kenai. As its name suggests, Double Glacier is divided into two lobes.[1]
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| Location | Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 60°41′18″N 152°31′57″W |
| Length | 11 mi (18 km) |
| Highest elevation | 3,491 ft (1,064 m) |
Double Glacier is the largest glacier contained within Lake Clark National Park with an area of 137 km2 and is in retreat. In the 2009 Redout volcano eruption the entire glacier was covered by ash.[2]
Double Glacier Volcano[3][4] lava dome complex of Pleistocene age forms a nunatak in Double Glacier. K–Ar dating of the complex indicates that it formed 627,000 to 887,000 years ago.[5]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Double Glacier
- Pelto, Mauri. "professor, dean and a glaciologist". AGU Biospere. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- Reed, Lanphere & Miller (1992). "Double Glacier Volcano, a 'new' Quaternary volcano in the eastern Aleutian volcanic arc". Bulletin of Volcanology. October 1992. 54 (8): 631–637. doi:10.1007/BF00430776. S2CID 129371702. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- Pfeiffer, Tom. "Dr". VolcanoDiscovery. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- "Double Glacier". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
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