❄️ LeConte Glacier

United States · Americas · 56.97°N, 132.28°W

LeConte Glacier is a 21-mile (34 km) long and 1-mile (1.6 km) wide glacier in Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States. It flows southwest to the head of LeConte Bay. It was named in 1887 by U.S. Navy Lieutenant-Commander Charles M. Thomas in honor of a California geologist Joseph LeConte. According to John Muir's book about indigenous peoples of the area, the Tlingits called it “Huti [sic]” which he claimed derived from a mythical bird that produced sounds of thunder when it flapped its wings.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	56.97°N, 132.28°W · view on map

LeConte Glacier is located in United States, in Americas.

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