Unorganized Yukon, Canada
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A vast glacier in Canada that is notable for its sheer size and impressive medial moraines Around 400 square miles (1,000 square km) in area, the Kaskawulsh Glacier snakes for some 45 miles (70 km) through the St. Elias Mountains of Canada’s Yukon Territory. At its terminus, or snout, it produces meltwater that maintains the level of one of the Yukon’s largest lakes, Kluane Lake. Bold stripes All glaciers constrained by valleys have dark bands of material running along their sides, called lateral moraines (see panel, p.150). These contain rock fragments that have been plucked off the walls of the valley and are being carried along by the glacier. When two glaciers merge to form a larger glacier, the lateral moraines of the smaller glaciers typically combine to form a bold dark stripe running down the merged glacier. This stripe is called a medial moraine. The lower half of the Kaskawulsh Glacier has several bold medial moraines, formed through a series of minimergers of its different arms, or tributaries, upstream. The glacier has three main arms, each with its own tributaries.
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It's a bit of a hike to get there but holy #%& it's an amazing view when you do. I'm mostly posting this because somebody left a 1 star review on one of the most spectacular things I have seen in my lifetime. Do the hike, see the glacier, you won't be disappointed.
A beautiful wonder of nature!!!
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