Alsek Glacier
Alsek Glacier is a 24-kilometer-long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in the Panhandle of Alaska. The name Alsek is of Tlingit origin and may mean "place where people rest".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Long Bach Nguyen, CC BY 4.0.
Alsek Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,033 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Yakutat, Southcentral Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Alsek Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Alsek Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alsek Glacier”
- Chinese: “阿爾塞克冰河”
- French: “glacier Alsek”
- French: “Glacier Alsek”
- German: “Alsek-Gletscher”
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