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Kuskulana Glacier

Coordinates: 61°37′00″N 143°42′00″W / 61.61667°N 143.70000°W / 61.61667; -143.70000
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Kuskulana Glacier
Map showing the location of Kuskulana Glacier
Map showing the location of Kuskulana Glacier
Kuskulana Glacier
LocationAlaska, U.S.
Coordinates61°37′00″N 143°42′00″W / 61.61667°N 143.70000°W / 61.61667; -143.70000
StatusRetreating
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The Kuskulana Glacier is a glacier in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska.

The Kuskulana Glacier trends southwest 24 km (15 mi) from Mount Blackburn to its terminus at the head of Kuskulana River, 46 km (29 mi) northwest of McCarthy in the Wrangell Mountains.

Kuskulana is an Indian name given in 1900 by T. G. Gerdine of the US Geological Survey.

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