McCarty Glacier

The McCarty Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

This article is about the glacier on the Kenai Peninsula. For the glacier near Yakutat, Alaska, see McCarty Glacier (Yakutat). For the glacier in Antarctica, see McCarthy Glacier.
McCarty Glacier
TypeTidewater glacier
LocationKenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates59°46′12″N 150°13′15″W
Area15 miles2 (24.6 km2)
Length10 miles (16.3 km)
TerminusMcCarty Fiord
StatusRetreating

The glacier is named for William McCarty, a former resident of Seward.

The glacier has been severely affected by global warming and since the early 1900s its terminus has receded 15km from the mouth of the bay.[1]

See also

References
  1. https://www2.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/glaciers/repeat_photography.asp


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