Yahtse Glacier

Yahtse Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Yahtse Glacier


caption = Yahtze Glacier as it appeared in 1977
type = Valley glacier
location = Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, U.S.
coordinates = coord|60|18|14|N|141|43|07|W|type:glacier
area =
length = 40 miles (64 km)
thickness =
terminus = Sealevel
status =

Yahtse Glacier is a 40 mile long (64 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. [cite web| url = http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=60.30379&lon=-141.71864&s=500&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG| title = USGS Bering Glacier B-2 (AK) Topo Map| publisher = Topozone| accessdate = 2007-01-24] It begins on the southeast slope of Mount Miller and trends southeast along the north border of Guyot Glacier to Icy Bay, just east of Guyot Hills and 70 miles (113 km) northwest of Yakutat. The western extent is an icefield.

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