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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Example Sentences

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

Starting off in a rain, in which everything lay in muddy eclipse, we woke up next morning and found ourselves tracing the outside route to the Muir Glacier in sparkling sunshine.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various

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 Muir, John

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