Alaska Gazetteer
West Nunatak Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | West Nunatak Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | In Saint Elias Mountains, flows NW terminating to its 1961 terminus 1 mi S of Nunatak Fiord, 32 mi NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mountains. |
| History: | Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1961. Originally this glacier was part of Nunatak Glacier, named in 1891 by Russel (1862, p. 86), because it then appeared to be a single glacier with a nunatak, or rock island, projecting through the ice near its terminus. Since then the glacier has retreated seven miles, completely uncovering the nunatak. The glacier now consists of two arms. The arm to the southwest is West Nunatak Glacier, the other arm is East Nunatak Glacier. |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.7040939331 |
| Longitude: | -138.883422852 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for West Nunatak Glacier: West Nunatak Glacier.
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