Double Glacier

Double Glacier is an 11 mi (18 km) long glacier in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of Alaska, located 47 mi (76 km) west-northwest of Kenai. As its name suggests, Double Glacier is divided into two lobes.[1]

Double Glacier
Coordinates60.6883333°N 152.5325000°W / 60.6883333; -152.5325000
Length11 mi (18 km)
Highest elevation3,491 ft (1,064 m)

An unnamed lava dome complex of Pleistocene age forms a nunatak in Double Glacier. K–Ar dating of the complex indicates that it formed 627,000 to 887,000 years ago.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Double Glacier
  2. "Double Glacier". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
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