Casement Glacier
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| Casement Glacier | |
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| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 59°02′N 135°56′W / 59.033°N 135.933°W |
| Length | 14 miles (23 km) [1] |
| Terminus | Sea level |
| Status | Retreating[2] |
Casement Glacier is a 14 miles (23 km) long glacier in the Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska (US).[3] It was named in 1890 by Harry Fielding Reid in honour of R.L. Casement, member of Reid expedition on SS George W. Elder.[4] Back then Casement Glacier was first north tributary of Muir Glacier and not yet completely detached one.[5]
The glacier has its feeding area at 1200 m altitude on the southern flank of the Takhinsha Mountains in the Alsek Ranges.[6] There it borders the Davidson Glacier, which in contrast flows east to the Lynn Canal. The Casement glacier, with an average width of 1.8 km, flows in predominantly south-southwest direction and ends at about 300 m. The 13 km long outflow flows into the Adams Inlet, an eastern side bay of the Muir Inlet.[3]
