McCarty Glacier
59°46′12″N 150°13′15″W / 59.77000°N 150.22083°W / 59.77000; -150.22083Area 15 miles2 (24.6 km2) Length 10 miles (16.3 km) Terminus McCarty Fiord Status Retreating
The McCarty Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
The glacier is named for William McCarty, a former resident of Seward.
The glacier has been severely affected by global warming and since the early 1900s its terminus has receded 15 km from the mouth of the bay.[1]
See also
- List of glaciers and icefields
References
- ^ https://www2.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/glaciers/repeat_photography.asp [bare URL plain text file]
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McCarty Glacier
- Photo gallery including many pictures of the McCarty Glacier
- Excerpt from an article of the Geographical Review on the McCarty Glacier
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