Casement Glacier
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Type | Mountain glacier |
Coordinates | 59°02′N 135°56′W / 59.033°N 135.933°WCoordinates: 59°02′N 135°56′W / 59.033°N 135.933°W |
Length | 14 miles (23 km) [1] |
Terminus | Sea level |
Status | Retreating[2] |
Casement Glacier is a 14 miles (23 km) long glacier in the Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska (USA).[3] It was named in 1890 by Harry Fielding Reid in honour of R.L. Casement, member of Reid expedition on SS George W. Elder.[4] Back then Casement Glacier was first north tributary of Muir Glacier and not yet completely detached one.[5]
Geography
The glacier has its feeding area at 1200 m altitude on the southern flank of the Takhinsha Mountains in the Alsek Ranges.[6] There it borders the Davidson Glacier, which however flows east to the Lynn Canal. The average of 1.8 km wide Casement glacier flows in predominantly south-southwest direction and ends at about 300 m. The 13 km long outflow flows into the Adams Inlet, an eastern side bay of the Muir Inlet.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Casement Glacier
- ↑ Changes in Glacier Bay: Casement Glacier
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Casement Glacier
- ↑ In 1890, Reid sailed on George W. Elder for Glacier Bay, accompanied by his colleague H.P. Cushing and four students, H. McBride, R.L. Casement, J.F. Morse, and C.A. Adams.
- ↑ U.S. Department of Interior GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF ALASKA by Marcus Baker, BULLETIN of the UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY No. 187 SERIES F, GEOGRAPHY, 27 1902, page 117
- ↑ Casement Glacier MapCarta.