Reid Glacier

Reid Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Reid Glacier



caption =
type = Mountain glacier
location = Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
coordinates = coord|58|46|17|N|136|48|13|W|type:glacier
area =
length = 11 miles (18 km)
thickness =
terminus = sealevel
status = retreating
:"This article concerns the glacier in Alaska. There is a glacier by the same name , in the U.S. state of Oregon."Reid Glacier is an 11-mile-long (18 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. [cite web| url = http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=58.77147&lon=-136.80362&s=500&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG| title = USGS Mount Fairweather D-3 (AK) Topo Map| publisher = Topozone| accessdate = 2007-01-25] It trends north to Reid Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, two miles (3 km) south of Glacier Bay and 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Hoonah. It was named by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition for Harry Fielding Reid.

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