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Tiger Glacier, Icy Bay
Tiger Glacier starts in the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula and flows east for 6 miles (10 km) to Icy Bay, about 34 miles (55 km) east-northeast of Seward and 42 miles (68 km) east-southeast of Whittier, Alaska.
Blackstone Glacier, Blackstone Bay
Blackstone Glacier flows northeast for 7 miles (11.3 km) from the Chugach Mountains to its terminus at the head of Blackstone Bay, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Whittier, Alaska.
Cataract Glacier, Surprise Inlet
Cataract Glacier flows northeast for 2.7 miles (4.4 km) from an elevation of 5500 feet (1677 m) through a steep valley to its terminus at the head of a stream that flows for 0.45 miles (0.75 km) to Surprise Inlet, about 51 miles (82 km) east-southeast of Anchorage and 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska.
Southwestern Glacier, Northwestern Fjord
Southwestern Glacier is in Northwestern Fjord, a deep embayment in Kenai Fjords National Park and Preserve, about 50 miles (81 km) northeast of Homer and 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska.
Morse and Muir Glaciers, Muir Inlet
Morse Glacier is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and starts in the Alsek Range of the Saint Elias Mountains, and flows south-southeast for 9 miles (14.5 km) to an exposed outwash plain near the terminus of the Muir Glacier at the head of Muir Inlet, about 53 miles (85 km) north of Gustavus, Alaska.
Amherst Glacier, College Fjord
Amherst Glacier flows northwest for 4 miles (6.5 km) from the Chugach Mountains to a terminus lake, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Point Pakenham in Prince William Sound, and 52 miles (83 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska.
Barry Glacier, Prince William Sound
Barry Glacier flows southwest for 16 miles (25 km) to Barry Arm in northwestern Prince William Sound, about 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Whittier and 58 miles (93 km) east of Anchorage, Alaska.
Johns Hopkins Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Johns Hopkins Glacier is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and flows east for 8.5 miles (14 km) from Lituya Mountain to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, near the terminus of Clark Glacier and 59 miles (95 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Grewingk Glacier, Kachemak Bay
Grewingk Glacier is on the Kenai Peninsula and flows northwest for 12 miles (19 km) from the Kenai Icefield to its terminus at a proglacial lake in Kachemak Bay State Park about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Kachemak Bay, and 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Homer, Alaska.
Vassar Glacier, College Fjord
Vassar Glacier flows southeast from the Chugach Mountains for 4.3 miles (7 km) to College Fjord in Prince William Sound, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of College Point and 52 miles (83 km) west of Valdez, Alaska.
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