Tazlina Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Tazlina Glacier

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caption = Tazlina glacier terminus region
type = Valley glacier
location = Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
coordinates = coord|61|35|16|N|146|31|45|W|type:glacier
area =
length = 25 miles (40 km)
thickness =
terminus = outwash plains
status = retreating

Tazlina Glacier is a 25-mile-long (40 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. [cite web| url = http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=61.58779&lon=-146.52921&s=500&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG| title = USGS Valdez C-7 (AK) Topo Map| publisher = Topozone| accessdate = 2007-01-24] It begins 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Mount Cashman and flows north to its terminus one mile (1.6 km) south of Tazlina Lake and 43 miles (69 km) north of Valdez. Tazlina glacier is the largest northward flowing glacier in the Chugach Mountains. The terminus of the glacier is retreating and thinning. [cite web| url = http://www.usgs.gov/features/glaciers2.html| title = Alaskan Glaciers| publisher = U.S. Geological Survey| accessdate = 2007-01-24]

ee also

* List of glaciers

Cited references

External links

*Gnis|1410695
* [http://geogdata.csun.edu/alaska_panorama_atlas/page3/files/page3-1050-full.html Image]