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Barnard Glacier is a 53-kilometre glacier in Alaska’s Saint Elias Mountains, trending southwest toward the Chitina River east of Hawkins Glacier and southeast of McCarthy. It was noted for its clean, crevassed ice tongue, lack of medial or lateral moraines, and origin in a large cirque linked to an irregular ice mass on a northern shelf. Near its lower end, small terminal lobes hang above a valley and two streams descend from the terminus. Observations in 1899 and 1910 showed long-term retreat overall, even as its south lobe advanced and the north lobe moved slightly. Its name derives from Barnard College in New York.
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McCarthy, Alaska · United States
