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.