Muir Glacier

American  

noun

1. a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).

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Muir Glacier British  

/ mjʊə /

noun

1. 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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Muir Glacier

The Muir Glacier has now retreated more than 30 miles from the sea up into the mountains.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2019

We motored slowly past a chunk of rock swarming with bald eagles on top and sea lions below, and approached the spot that, in the 1890s, had marked the terminus of Muir Glacier.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2018

At Muir Glacier we spent a week this time, making long trips up the mountains that overlooked the glacier and across its surface.

From Alaska Days with John Muir by Samual Hall Young

The colossal Muir Glacier, the remains of a world the history of which is lost in the dim twilight none can now penetrate, is dying slowly through a million years.

From Five Nights by Victoria Cross

At Port Townsend I met Mr. Loomis, who had agreed to go with me as far as the Muir Glacier.

From Travels in Alaska by John Muir

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