McCarty Glacier | |||||
Type: | Tidewater glacier | ||||
Location: | Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, U.S. | ||||
Coords: | 59.77°N -150.2208°W | ||||
Area: | 15 miles2 (24.6 km2) | ||||
Length: | 10 miles (16.3 km) | ||||
Terminus: | McCarty Fiord | ||||
Status: | Retreating | ||||
Map: | Alaska | ||||
Label Position: | top | ||||
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The McCarty Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
The glacier is named for William McCarty, a former resident of Seward.
The glacier has been severely affected by global warming and since the early 1900s its terminus has receded 15 km from the mouth of the bay.[1]