Alaska Gazetteer
Novatak Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Novatak Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | Heads at 5933N,13840W, trends southeast to its erminus, 3 miles west of Alsek River and 50 miles southeast of Yakutat; St Elias Mountains. (AK-T1) |
| History: | Name given by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1962. With the retreat of Nunatak Glacier during the 1950-60s, a new nunatak, or glacier island, appeared at 593830N1384100W. For this reason this glacier, which heads near the nunatak, was named Novatak (new nunatak) Glacier. (AK-T1) |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.5054397583 |
| Longitude: | -138.442077637 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Novatak Glacier: Novatak Glacier.
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