Miles Glacier

60°37′17″N 144°07′08″W / 60.6213889°N 144.1188889°W / 60.6213889; -144.1188889StatusRetreating Map

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Miles Glacier is a 30 miles (48 km)-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows west to its terminus at Miles Lake, 33 miles (53 km) north of Katalla. It was named in 1885 after U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles by a Lt. Allen during his Alaska expedition.^[1]

Southern portion Copper River showing the location of Miles Glacier

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^ "Miles Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

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