Johns Hopkins Glacier facts for kids
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Johns Hopkins Glacier with Mount Orville and Mount Wilbur in the background
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 Location in Alaska
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| Type | Tidewater |
| Coordinates | 58°48′24″N 137°15′01″W / 58.80667°N 137.25028°W |
| Length | 12-mile (19 km) |
| Terminus | Johns Hopkins Inlet |
Johns Hopkins Glacier is a 12-mile (19 km) long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the east slopes of Lituya Mountain and Mount Salisbury, and trends east to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the terminus of Clark Glacier on Mount Abbe, and 79 miles (127 km) northwest of Hoonah. It was named after Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 by Harry Fielding Reid. It is one of the few advancing tidewater glaciers of the Fairweather Range. Access to the face of the glacier is limited to the Johns Hopkins Inlet.
See also
In Spanish: Glaciar de Johns Hopkins para niños
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