Tana Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Tana Glacier


caption =
type = Valley glacier
location = Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
coordinates = coord|60|43|58|N|142|43|04|W|type:glacier
area =
length = 17 miles (27 km)
thickness =
terminus = outwash plains
status = retreating

Tana Glacier is a 17-mile-long (27 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. [cite web| url = http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=60.73282&lon=-142.71783&s=500&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG| title = USGS Bering Glacier C-5 (AK) Topo Map| publisher = Topozone| accessdate = 2007-01-24] It begins at Bagley Icefield and flows northwest to its 1950 terminus near the head of the Tana River. Its name, of Alaska Native origin, was first recorded by prospectors in 1900.

ee also

* List of glaciers

Cited references