Reid Glacier

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Reid Glacier
Type Mountain glacier
Location Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates 58°46′17″N, 136°48′13″W
Length 11 miles (18 km)
Terminus sealevel
Status retreating
This article concerns the glacier in Alaska. There is a glacier by the same name on Mt. Hood, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Reid Glacier is an 11-mile-long (18 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It trends north to Reid Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, two miles (3 km) south of Glacier Bay and 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Hoonah. It was named by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition for Harry Fielding Reid.

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  1. ^ USGS Mount Fairweather D-3 (AK) Topo Map. Topozone. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
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