Harding Icefield
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The Harding Icefield is an expansive icefield located in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It is also partially located in Kenai Fjords National Park. It is named for United States President Warren G. Harding.
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[edit] Geography
The Harding Icefield can claim to cover over 300 square miles (483 kilometers) in its entirety although, if one were to count its glaciers which descend from the icefield in all directions, the icefield measures in at over 1,100 square miles (1,771 kilometers) [1]. The icefield spawns up to 40 glaciers, and of all types: hanging, tidwater, valley to name a few. Some of the more notable glaciers include the Tustumena Glacier, Exit Glacier, and McCarthy Glacier. The Exit Glacier, however, is the most accessible of the glaciers being reached by a spur road off of the Seward Highway.
The icefield is also one of the four remaining icefields in the United States that receive over 400 inches of snow each year[2].
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[edit] References
- ^ Alaska Science Forum: "Harding Icefield's Loss is the Ocean's Gain." Retrieved December 14, 2006.
- ^ KenaiFjordsNationalPark.com: "Sights To See." Retrieved December 14, 2006.
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