Fourpeaked Glacier
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TypeMountain glacier
LocationKatmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S.
| Fourpeaked Glacier | |
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 Terminus of Fourpeaked Glacier with dark-colored sediment issuing from an elongate tunnel in the ice. Photo taken Sept 20, 2006 | |
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 Interactive map of Fourpeaked Glacier | |
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 58°47′16″N 153°31′03″W / 58.78778°N 153.51750°W[1] |
Fourpeaked Glacier is a calving glacier in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. It is covering much of Fourpeaked Mountain, also known as Fourpeaked Volcano. In the 1950s and up to 1987 Fourpeaked Glacier experienced a dramatic recession which followed by a period of relative stability of it terminus between 1987 and 2000.[3]
