Meares Glacier
The Meares Glacier is a large and only tidewater glacier at the head of Unakwik Inlet in Chugach National Forest, Alaska. The front is a wall of white ice with blue shadows.Photo: Eric.chase, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 5,971 feet
- Description: glacier in the United States
- Also known as: “Brooks Glacier”
Meares Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Chugach, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.21663° or 61° 12′ 60″ northLongitude
-147.3759° or 147° 22′ 33″ westElevation
5,971 feet (1,820 metres)Open location code
93HJ6J8F+MJOpenStreetMap ID
way 451558230OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Meares Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Frisian—“Meares Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Meares Glacier”
- French: “glacier Meares”
- French: “Glacier Meares”
- French: “Meares Glacier”
- German: “Meares-Gletscher”
- Western Frisian: “Meares Glacier”
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