Grewingk Glacier

Grewingk Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Grewingk Glacier


caption =
type = Mountain glacier
location = Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, U.S.
coordinates = coord|59|34|51|N|150|57|01|W|type:glacier
area = 19,200 acres (77.699 km²)
length = 13 miles (21 km)
thickness =
terminus = Grewingk Creek
status = Retreating

Grewingk Glacier is a 13-mile-long (21 km) glacier located in the Chugach Mountains, near Kachemak Bay, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at coord|59|34|51|N|150|57|01|W|type:glacier and trends northwest to coord|59|36|11|N|151|07|39|W|type:glacier, 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Homer. It was named in 1880 by W. H. Dall of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for Constantin Grewingk.

ee also

* List of glaciers


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