Juneau Icefield

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The Juneau Icefield is a vast expanse of interconnected glaciers and snowfields in the Coast Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia, known as one of the largest icefields in North America and a major source of glaciers around Juneau.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glaciological region
icefield
abbreviation JIRP
alsoKnownAs Juneau Icefield
surface form: Juneau Ice Field
area approximately 1500 square miles
approximately 3900 square kilometers
borderStraddles Canada–United States border
surface form: United States–Canada border
climate maritime subpolar
continent North America
country Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
drainsInto Llewellyn River
Mendenhall River
Taku River
experiencing glacial retreat
extendsFrom near Juneau, Alaska
extendsTo Atlin Lake region in British Columbia
feeds Eagle Glacier
Field Glacier
Gilkey Glacier
Herbert Glacier
Llewellyn Glacier
Mendenhall Glacier
Norris Glacier
Taku Glacier
geologicalType temperate icefield
hasFeature crevassed outlet glaciers
nunataks
snowfields
knownFor being a major source of glaciers around Juneau
being one of the largest icefields in North America
interconnected glaciers and snowfields
locatedIn Alaska
British Columbia
Canada
Coast Mountains
Southeastern Alaska
surface form: Southeast Alaska

United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedNear Juneau
monitoredBy Juneau Icefield self-linksurface differs
surface form: Juneau Icefield Research Program
mountainRange Coast Mountains
nearestCity Juneau
partOf Boundary Ranges
researchSiteFor climate change studies
glaciology
significantFor freshwater input to coastal ecosystems
regional hydrology of Southeast Alaska

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Juneau nearbyFeature Juneau Icefield
Coast Mountains contains Juneau Icefield
Gastineau Channel hasViewOf Juneau Icefield
Mendenhall Glacier partOf Juneau Icefield
Juneau Icefield monitoredBy Juneau Icefield self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield Research Program
Juneau Icefield alsoKnownAs Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Ice Field
Aak’wtaaksit flowsFrom Juneau Icefield
Sitaantaagu partOf Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield region
Sitaantaagu flowsFrom Juneau Icefield
Bagley Icefield (portion) partOf Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Bagley Icefield
Mount Juneau hasViewOf Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield (distant views)
Atlin Lake region in British Columbia near Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield region
JIRP fullName Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield Research Program
JIRP focusesOn Juneau Icefield
JIRP locatedIn Juneau Icefield
Llewellyn River source Juneau Icefield
Llewellyn River originatesFrom Juneau Icefield
Mount Roberts hasViewOf Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield (distant views)
Norris Glacier locatedIn Juneau Icefield
Norris Glacier partOf Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield glacial system
Norris Glacier isMonitoredIn Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield research programs
Herbert Glacier locatedIn Juneau Icefield
Herbert Glacier isPartOfGlacialSystem Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield glacial system
Eagle Glacier partOf Juneau Icefield
Eagle Glacier originatesFrom Juneau Icefield
Gilkey Glacier locatedIn Juneau Icefield
Gilkey Glacier partOf Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield Research Program study area
Gilkey Glacier isMonitoredBy Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield Research Program
Field Glacier locatedIn Juneau Icefield
Field Glacier partOf Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield system
Taku Glacier locatedIn Juneau Icefield
Taku Glacier glacierSystem Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield glacier system
Taku Glacier monitoredBy Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield Research Program
Llewellyn Glacier locatedIn Juneau Icefield
Llewellyn Glacier flowsFrom Juneau Icefield
Llewellyn Glacier isConnectedTo Juneau Icefield
this entity surface form: Juneau Icefield glacial system