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Muir Glacier
noun
- a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
Muir Glacier
/ mjʊə /
noun
- a glacier in SE Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains, flowing southeast from Mount Fairweather. Area: about 900 sq km (350 sq miles)
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The following facts relating to the Muir glacier, its measurement and movement, are derived wholly from Professor Wright's notes.
Muir Glacier is the greatest of this grand group, and surpasses anything nearer than the polar zones themselves.
The front wall of the Muir Glacier is about two and a half or three miles wide.
The Muir glacier is the one that occupies the most attention, as it is the most accessible to tourists.
Muir Glacier, the largest that dips into the bay, presents a front of 5000 feet.
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