Coastal mountain glaciers of Alaska

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geographical feature glacier system

Coastal mountain glaciers of Alaska are a vast system of ice masses flowing from rugged coastal mountain ranges into fjords and the Gulf of Alaska, playing a major role in regional climate, sea level contributions, and Alaska’s dramatic glaciated landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gulf of Alaska coastal mountain glaciation	1
North American coastal glaciers	1
North Pacific coastal glacier system	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ glacier system ⓘ
affect	regional climate ⓘ
border	Gulf of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	ice ⓘ
contributeTo	freshwater input to Gulf of Alaska ⓘ global sea level rise ⓘ
create	glacial fjords ⓘ moraines ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ
drainTo	Gulf of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
erode	fjords ⓘ valleys ⓘ
experiencing	rapid mass loss in recent decades ⓘ
flowFrom	Chugach Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Coastal ranges of Southeast Alaska ⓘ Fairweather Range NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Elias Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy	accumulation of snow and firn in coastal mountains ⓘ
haveType	piedmont glaciers ⓘ tidewater glaciers ⓘ valley glaciers ⓘ
importantFor	local hydrology ⓘ marine ecosystems of Gulf of Alaska ⓘ tourism in Alaska ⓘ
include	Bering Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Glacier Bay tidewater glaciers NERFINISHED ⓘ Guyot Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Hubbard Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Icy Bay tidewater glaciers NERFINISHED ⓘ Johns Hopkins Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ LeConte Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Lituya Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaspina Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Margerie Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendenhall Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince William Sound tidewater glaciers ⓘ Sawyer Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Taku Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Yahtse Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	maritime climate of Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ
locatedOn	North American continent NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	aerial surveys ⓘ field measurements ⓘ satellite remote sensing ⓘ
partOf	Alaskan coastal mountain ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ
shape	glaciated landscapes of coastal Alaska ⓘ
subjectOf	climate change impact studies ⓘ glaciology research ⓘ
terminateIn	fjords ⓘ
terminateIn	proglacial lakes ⓘ tidewater margins ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Llewellyn Glacier → isPartOf → Coastal mountain glaciers of Alaska ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American coastal glaciers

Gilkey Glacier → partOf → Coastal mountain glaciers of Alaska ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific coastal glacier system

Harding Icefield → partOf → Coastal mountain glaciers of Alaska ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Alaska coastal mountain glaciation

Sitaantaagu → partOf → Coastal mountain glaciers of Alaska ⓘ