Muir Glacier
Americannoun
noun
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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
The lower summits about the Muir Glacier, like this one, the first that I climbed, are richly adorned and enlivened with flowers, though they make but a faint show in general views.
From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John
Front of Muir Glacier, showing ice entering the sea; also small icebergs.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
Muir Glacier, the largest that dips into the bay, presents a front of 5000 feet.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 by Elverson, James
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