Riggs Glacier
Riggs Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the southern slope of the Takhinsha Mountains, 6 km southeast of Mount Harris and flows south-southeast to the head of Muir Inlet, 69 km southwest of Skagway.
Wikimedia, Public domain.Riggs Glacier
- Glacier with an elevation of 3,402 feet (1,037 metres)
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
59.16889° or 59° 10′ 8″ north
Longitude
-136.24361° or 136° 14′ 37″ west
Open location code
94F55Q94+HH
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Riggs Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Riggs Glacier”
- French: “glacier Riggs”
- French: “Glacier Riggs”
- German: “Riggs-Gletscher”
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