NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of glaciers

This is a list of glaciers: Austrias longest glacier, the Pasterze, winds its 8 km (5 mile) route at the foot of Austrias highest mountain, the Grossglockner A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ...

Categories: Glaciers | Nature-related lists Aletsch Glacier Aletsch Glacier Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in the Alps, covers more than 120 square kilometres (more than 45 square miles) in southern Switzerland. ... Athabasca Glacier The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal toes of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. ... The Aurora Glacier is a four mile (6. ... Barnard Glacier is a 33 miles long glacier in Alaska. ... The Beardmore Glacier (83º45´S 171º00´E) in Antarctica is the largest glacier in the world, with a length exceeding 160 km (100 mi). ... Terminus of Bering Glacier, September 29, 2002 Bering Glacier is a glacier in Alaska. ... Brady Glacier is a 24 miles long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads at 584000N, 1364700W, trends south to Taylor Bay, 46 miles NW of Hoonah, Alaska. ... BrÃ¼ggen Glacier and surroundig area, September 2001 BrÃ¼ggen Glacier in southern Chile is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and, unlike most glaciers worldwide, advanced significantly since 1945. ... The Carbon Glacier is the source of the Carbon River. ... Carroll Glacier is a 15 miles long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads near the Alaska-Canada boundary, trends SE to its 1950 terminus, 1 mile north of Queens Inlet, 71 miles NW of Hoonah. ... Chenega Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Prince William Sound and the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. ... The Columbia Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. ... This image shows Blanca Lake in the foreground, Columbia Glacier in the left background, Monte Cristo Peak in the middle background, and Kyes Peak in the right background. ... Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield, Canadian Rockies. ... Illustration of area around Emmons Glacier. ... EyjafjallajÃ¶kull, Iceland EyjafjallajÃ¶kull is one of the smaller glaciers of Iceland. ... Fairweather Glacier is a 19 miles long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads on the west slope of Mount Salisbury and trends west to its 1961 terminus 0. ... The Fedchenko Glacier (Russian Ð¤ÐµÐ´Ñ‡ÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾, also transliterated Fedcenko) is a large glacier in the Pamir Mountains of central Tajikistan. ... Folgefonna is a glacier in Hardanger, Norway. ... == == == == Ice cave in the terminal face of Fox glacier. ... Categories: New Zealand geography stubs | Glaciers of New Zealand | West Coast, New Zealand ... The glacier Frostisen is one of the larger plateau glaciers in Norway. ... The Southern part of the Skjomen fjord with Lappviktind in the background Skjomen is a fjord branch of Ofotfjorden in the Ofoten landskape in northern Norway, just south of the city Narvik. ... Gangotri Glacier is located in Uttaranchal, India in a region bordering Tibet. ... Gannett Glacier Gannett Glacier is the largest glacier in the Rocky Mountains within the United States. ... Grand Pacific Glacier is a 25-mile long glacier in Alaska. ... Riggs Glacier, 1992 Glacier Bay is a bay in southeastern Alaska. ... Grasshopper Glacier is located in the Beartooth Mountains, Custer National Forest, Montana, U.S.. The glacier is within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. ... Guyot Glacier in September 1977 Guyot Glacier is a 19-mile long and 8-mile wide glacier located in the east end of the Robinson Mountains, heading 2. ... HardangerjÃ¸kulen is the sixth largest glacier in mainland Norway. ... HofsjÃ¶kull is the third largest glacier in Iceland after VatnajÃ¶kull and LangjÃ¶kull covering an area of 994 square kilometres. ... Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers found around or close to the slopes of Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. ... Large version (84KB) From its source on Mount Logan in the Yukon territory, the Hubbard Glacier stretches 122 km (76 mi) to the sea at Yakutat Bay and Disenchantment Bay. ... Johns Hopkins Glacier is a 12 mile long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Monument. ... Briksdalsbreen is one of the more popular parts of Jostedalsbreen Jostedalsbreen or Jostedal Glacier, is the biggest glacier in continental Europe. ... The Juneau Icefield or Juneau Icecap is an icefield located just north of Juneau, Alaska and continues north through the border with British Columbia. ... Klutlan Glacier is a 40 miles long glacier in Alaska. ... Lamplugh Glacier is an 8 mile long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends north to its 1961 terminus in Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1. ... LangjÃ¶kull is after the VatnajÃ¶kull second in extension under the glaciers of Iceland (1. ... The LeConte Glacier is a 21-mile long and one-mile wide glacier flowing southwest to the head of LeConte Bay, Alaska. ... The Lituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier feeding into Lituya Bay on the gulf coast of the Alaskan Panhandle and sourced in the Fairweather Range. ... The Logan Glacier heads down the northern slopes of Mount Logan, flowing NW across the Canada-United States boundary to form the headwaters of the Chitina River. ... Lonak Glacier is one of the three major glaciers of Sikhim, in the Himalaya range in Northern Areas of Pakistan. ... The Malaspina Glacier is so large that it can only seen in its entirety from space; this 1994 photo from STS-66, on a rare clear day, is of an area about 100 km (60 mi) across. ... Martin River Glacier is a 25 mile long glacier in Alaska. ... The Matanuska Glacier is a valley glacier and is 24 miles long and four miles wide. ... Margerie Glacier is a 21 miles long glacier in Glacier Bay, Alaska. ... Categories: Stub | Glaciers | Alaska geography | Juneau City and Borough, Alaska ... Mer de Glace The Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) is a glacier located on the north face of the Mont Blanc, in the Alps. ... Miles Glacier is a 30 miles long glacier in Alaska. ... Muir Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. ... MÃ½rdalsjÃ¶kull MÃ½rdalsjÃ¶kull is a glacier in the south of Iceland. ... The Nabesna Glacier trends E and NE 80 km (50 mi) from Mount Wrangell to its terminus at the head of Nabesna River in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska. ... HvannadalshnjÃºkur mountain is a volcano in the southeast of Iceland. ... The Perito Moreno Glacier is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park of Argentina. ... An important glacier situated in Sikkim. ... Reid Glacier is an 11 mile long glacier in Alaska. ... Johann Heinrich WÃ¼est: Der Rhonegletscher, c. ... Riggs Glacier, 1992 The Riggs Glacier is a glacier located in Glacier Bay National Monument in Alaska. ... Rongbuk Glacier and the Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station. ... The Ruth Glacier is a feature of the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, United States. ... Retreating San Quintin Glacier The San QuintÃn Glacier is the largest outflow glacier of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile. ... The Sarpo Laggo Glacier (Sarpo Laggo: young husband) is a glacier in Pakistan, in the Karakoram mountain range of the Himalayas. ... Finnmark (Sami FinnmÃ¡rku) is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway, bordering Troms to the west, Finland (Lapland) to the south and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east. ... The Siachen Glacier is marked in orange The Siachen Glacier is located in the East Karakoram/Himalaya, at approximately . ... The Summit of SnÃ¦fellsjÃ¶kull SnÃ¦fellsjÃ¶kull is a strato volcano with a glacier (isl. ... Engabreen, Svartisen Svartisen is a glacier located in Norway. ... County Nordland Landscape Salten Municipality NO-1804 Administrative centre BodÃ¸ Mayor (2005) Odd-Tore Fygle (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 62 1,392 kmÂ² 1,308 kmÂ² 0. ... Tana Glacier is a 17 miles long glacier in Alaska. ... Mount Cook area from LandSat. ... The Taku Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Taku Inlet, Alaska just southeast of the city of Juneau. ... Tazlina Glacier is a 25 mile long glacier in Alaska. ... The Tustumena Glacier is a glacier located on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska at , . 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. ... VatnajÃ¶kull, Iceland VatnajÃ¶kull (IPA: [ËˆvahdÌ¥naËŒjÃ¸Å“ËgÌŠÊdÌ¥l]) is the largest glacier in Iceland. ... Yale Glacier is a 20 miles long glacier in Alaska. ... Yahtse Glacier, September 1977 Yahtse Glacier is a 40 miles long glacier in Alaska. ... Zemu Glacier is largest and most well known glacier in the Eastern Himalayas. ... Ã˜ksfjordjÃ¸kelen (In Sami ÃkÅ¡ovunjiehkki) is the ninth largest glacier in mainland Norway. ...