- Davidson Glacier
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Davidson Glacier 
Type Valley glacier Location Haines Borough, Alaska, U.S. Coordinates 59°04′54″N 135°28′21″W / 59.08167°N 135.4725°WCoordinates: 59°04′54″N 135°28′21″W / 59.08167°N 135.4725°W Area 4.6 miles (7.4 km) Terminus Moraine/lake Status Retreating The Davidson Glacier is a large valley glacier near Haines, Alaska that finds its source in the Chilkat Range.
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History
The Davidson Glacier was originally discovered by 1867[1] and was recounted by John Muir in his famous travels in and around Glacier Bay in 1879. The glacier was, at that time, a tidewater glacier that protruded into the Chilkat Inlet.[2] It has since receded into the mountains and created its very own glacial lake in the glacier's moraine (similar to the Mendenhall Glacier and lake) about one mile inland from the Chilkat Inlet.
Current status
Currently, the Davidson Glacier serves as a tourist attraction for Haines. While not actually located on the Chilkat Peninsula, tour operators boat or kayak tourists over to the glacier and then drive or hike them from the shore to the glacier on a road constructed for tourists' use.
Davidson Glacier from Kalhagu Cove, 24 August 2011
Davidson Glacier, 24 August 2011See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Davidson Glacier Retrieved April 17, 2007.
- ^ Chilkat Cruises: "Haines Wilderness Kayak Experience." Retrieved April 16, 2007.
External links
Categories:- Glaciers of Alaska
- Landforms of Haines Borough, Alaska
- Southeast Alaska geography stubs
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