Brooks Glacier Explained

Brooks Glacier

Type:

Valley glacier

Location:

Denali Borough, Alaska, U.S.

Coords:

63.155°N -150.6022°W

Length:

9miles

Map:

Alaska

Label Position:

top

Embedded:

Wikidata:	yes
Zoom:	10

Brooks Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier originates on the east face of Mount Silverthrone at Brooks Gap. The 9miles glacier moves northeast, joining Muldrow Glacier between Mount Brooks and Ragged Peak.^[1] ^[2] Brooks Glacier was named by T.G. Gerdine of the U.S. Geological Survey circa 1900 for geologist Alfred Hulse Brooks.^[3]

See also

List of glaciers

Notes and References

Web site: Map of Denali National Park and Preserve. Denali National Park and Preserve. National Park Service. 25 March 2013.
National Geographic Maps. Denali National Park and Preserve. 2007. !:225,000. 978-1-56695-328-3.
1399477. Brooks Glacier. 2013-04-01.