Muldrow Glacier
McKinley Glacier
View from the Eielson Visitor Center, Denali Nation Park. Muldrow Glacier is located on the right edge of the visible mountains.
Map showing the location of Muldrow Glacier
Map showing the location of Muldrow Glacier
Muldrow Glacier
TypeValley glacier
LocationDenali Borough, Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates63°15′38″N 150°26′14″W / 63.26056°N 150.43722°W / 63.26056; -150.43722
Statusgrowing
Kantishna Region Geologic map showing the location of the glacier.

Muldrow Glacier, also known as McKinley Glacier, is a large glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. Native names for the glacier include, Henteel No' Loo' and Henteel No' Loot.[1]

The glacier originates from the Great Icefall of Harper Glacier on the eastern side of Denali. The glacier moves generally eastward, receiving Traleika Glacier and Brooks Glacier as tributaries, then turning northward to emerge from the Alaska Range as the source of the McKinley River.[2][3] Muldrow Glacier was renamed by Alfred Hulse Brooks in 1902 in honor of U.S. Geological Survey topographer Robert Muldrow.[4]

In 2021, the glacier was noted to be growing in a surge that greatly exceeds the scant previous records of its status. In April that year scientists were documenting growth of the glacier at one hundred times its normal rate, advancing up to ninety feet a day during the prior few months.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Muldrow Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  2. ↑ "Map of Denali National Park and Preserve". Denali National Park and Preserve. National Park Service. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Denali National Park and Preserve (Map). !:225,000. National Geographic Maps. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56695-328-3.
  4. ↑ Baker, Marcus (1906). Geographic Dictionary of Alaska. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 448.
  5. ↑ Patel, Jugal K.; Fountain, Henry (2021-04-14). "This Glacier in Alaska Is Moving 100 Times Faster Than Normal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
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