Tustumena Glacier

Tustumena Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Tustumena Glacier


caption = Tustemena Glacier, and its outflow into Tustemena Lake
type = Mountain glacier
location = Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, U.S.
coordinates = coord|60|03|30|N|150|34|00|W|type:glacier
area =
length = 20 miles (32 km)
thickness =
terminus = Glacial lake
status = RetreatingThe Tustumena Glacier is a glacier located on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. The Tustumena Glacier begins in the Harding Icefield and makes its way down west for about twenty miles until its terminus roughly five miles before Tustumena Lake. The glacier is retreating. [cite web| last=Bailey| first=Ted| url = http://kenai.fws.gov/overview/notebook/2000/nov/17nov00.htm| title = Ecological Changes Obvious on the Kenai Peninsula | work=Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Refuge Notebook|publisher = U.S. Fish and Wildlife service| accessdate = 2007-01-18]

A small lake called Arctic Lake sits alongside Tustumena Glacier, with its outflow underneath the ice. This lake periodically fills up and then drains as the glacier moves, leaving icebergs stranded in the sand.

The Alaska Marine Highway ferry M/V "Tustumena" derives its name from this glacier.

ee also

* List of glaciers

Cited references

External links

* [http://www.aktrekking.com/2004/toHomer/toHomer2.html Trek around the glaciers of the Harding Icefield]


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