Grewingk Glacier Explained

Grewingk Glacier
Type:Mountain glacier
Location:Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, U.S.
Coords:59.5808°N -150.9503°W
Area:19,200 acres (77.699 km2)
Length:13 miles (21 km)
Terminus:Grewingk Creek
Status:Retreating
Map:Alaska
Label Position:top
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Grewingk Glacier is a 13-mile-long (21 km) glacier located in the Kenai Mountains, near Kachemak Bay, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at 59.5808°N -150.9503°W and trends northwest to 59.6031°N -151.1275°W, 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Homer.

It was named in 1880 by W. H. Dall of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Baltic German geologist Constantin Grewingk.

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