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

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 James Elverson

If this is the Muir Glacier," reflected Phil, "I don't see but what we are in a box.

From Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 by Various

We-ll," drawled Muir, "two or three years ago I camped by the Muir Glacier for a week.

From Alaska Days with John Muir by Samual Hall Young

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