Malaspina Glacier
The Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is the largest piedmont glacier in the world. Situated at the head of the Alaska Panhandle, it is about 65 km wide and 45 km long, with an area of some 3,900 km2, approximately the same size as the state of Rhode Island.
NASA, Public domain.- Glacier with an elevation of around 1,570 feet (480 metres)
- Description: glacier in Alaska, USA
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Latitude
59.93635° or 59° 56′ 11″ north
Longitude
-140.54951° or 140° 32′ 58″ west
Open location code
93FXWFP2+G5
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural = glacier
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Malaspina Glacier” goes by many names.
Glacera de MalaspinaCatalan
马拉斯皮纳冰川Chinese
Malaspinan jäätikköFinnish
მალასპინაGeorgian
קרחון מלספינהHebrew
ghiacciaio MalaspinaItalian
MalaspinaItalian
МаласпинаKirghiz
یخچال مالاسپیناPersian
Lodowiec MalaspinaPolish
МаласпинаRussian
Маласпина (ледник)Russian
MalaspinaSerbo-Croatian
Malaspina (glečer)Serbo-Croatian
MalaspinaglaciärenSwedish
Malaspina BuzuluTurkish
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