Taku Glacier
Taku Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Taku Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, just southeast of the city of Juneau. Recognized as the deepest and thickest alpine temperate glacier known in the world, the Taku Glacier is measured at 4,845 feet thick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 3,104 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Also known as: “Klumma Gutta”, “Klumma Gutto”, “Klumma Klutt”, “Klumu Gutta”, “Schulze Glacier”, and “Taku-Llewellyn Plateau”
- Historically known as: “Foster Glacier”
Taku Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Juneau, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Taku Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Taku Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Taku Glacier”
- Chinese: “塔库冰川”
- Dutch: “Taku Glacier”
- French: “glacier Taku”
- French: “Glacier Taku”
- German: “Taku Glacier”
- German: “Taku-Gletscher”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio Taku”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Taku”
- Italian: “Taku Glacier”
- Japanese: “タク・グレイシャー”
- Portuguese: “Geleira Taku”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Taku”
- Ukrainian: “Льодовик Таку”
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