Fairweather Glacier
Fairweather Glacier is a 19 mi long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the west slope of Mount Salisbury and continues west to its 1961 terminus 0.2 miles east of Cape Fairweather, 100 miles northwest of Hoonah.Photo: Austin Post (photographer), Public domain.
Fairweather Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,231 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Hoonah-Angoon, Alaska, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Fairweather Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fairweather Glacier”
- French: “glacier Fairweather”
- French: “Glacier Fairweather”
- German: “Fairweather-Gletscher”
- Japanese: “フェアウェザー氷河”
- Russian: “Фэруэдер”
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