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The McCarty Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
McCarty Glacier | |
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Type | Tidewater glacier |
Location | Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, U.S. |
Coordinates | 59°46′12″N 150°13′15″W |
Area | 15 miles2 (24.6 km2) |
Length | 10 miles (16.3 km) |
Terminus | McCarty Fiord |
Status | Retreating |
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The glacier is named for William McCarty, a former resident of Seward.
The glacier has been severely affected by global warming and since the early 1900s its terminus has receded 15 km from the mouth of the bay.[1]
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