Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Panhandle of Southeast Alaska

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Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Panhandle of Southeast Alaska

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Mendenhall Glacier is about 12 miles (19 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of Alaska. The glacier and surrounding landscape is protected as the 5,815-acre Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, a federally designated unit of the Tongass National Forest.

Originally known as Sitaantaagu ("the Glacier Behind the Town") or Aak'wtaaksit ("the Glacier Behind the Little Lake") by the Tlingits, the glacier was named Auke (Auk) Glacier by naturalist John Muir for the Tlingit Auk Kwaan (or Aak'w Kwaan) band in 1888. In 1891 it was renamed in honor of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall. It extends from the Juneau Icefield, its source, to Mendenhall Lake and ultimately the Mendenhall River.

Mendenhall Glacier currently retreats at a rate of 25-30 feet per year.

Juneau, Panhandle of Southeast Alaska

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Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Panhandle of Southeast Alaska

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Mendenhall Lake is a proglacial lake in the Mendenhall Valley at the terminus of Mendenhall Glacier,

Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Panhandle of Southeast Alaska

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