Columbia Glacier
The Columbia Glacier, a glacier in Prince William Sound on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, is one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world, and has been retreating since the early 1980s.
- Glacier with an elevation of 3,255 feet (992 metres)
- …is also known as “Columbia Glacier (Alaska)”
- Description: glacier in the United States
Columbia Glacier
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Latitude
61.28387° or 61° 17′ 2″ north
Longitude
-146.93158° or 146° 55′ 54″ west
Open location code
93HM73M9+G9
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Columbia Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Columbia Glacier”
- Chinese: “哥倫比亞冰河”
- Dutch: “Columbiagletsjer”
- Finnish: “Columbian jäätikkö”
- French: “glacier Columbia”
- French: “Glacier Columbia”
- German: “Columbia-Gletscher”
- Hungarian: “Columbia-gleccser”
- Polish: “Lodowiec Columbia”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Columbia”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Columbia (Alaska)”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Columbia”
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