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The Worthington Glacier is a
valley glacier
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located adjacent to
Thompson Pass
Thompson Pass is a 2,600 foot-high (855 meter-high) gap in the Chugach Mountains northeast of Valdez, Alaska.Geographic Names Information Service"Thompson Pass, Alaska" U.S. Geological Survey. Accessed July 2, 2009. It is the snowiest place in Al ...
in the southeastern mainland section of the U.S. state of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...
.
Geography
Worthington Glacier is Located on the
Richardson Highway
The Richardson Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, running 368 miles (562 km) and connecting Valdez to Fairbanks. It is marked as Alaska Route 4 from Valdez to Delta Junction and as Alaska Route 2 from there to Fairbanks. I ...
at milepost east of
Valdez, it was listed as a
National Natural Landmark
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in 1968. The Worthington Glacier State Recreation Site, a roadside park operated by the state of Alaska, offers a view of the glacier, and it is acclaimed as one of the remaining U.S. glaciers that is accessible by paved highway.
Like most of Alaska's glaciers, this glacier has been steadily retreating for the last 150 years, but not as dramatically as many others.
See also
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Mount Billy Mitchell (Chugach Mountains)
Mount Billy Mitchell is a prominent peak located in the Chugach Mountains, east of Valdez and west of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. This mountain forms a prominent and easily visible landmark between mile markers 43 and 51 of ...
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Girls Mountain
Girls Mountain is a glaciated mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated east of Valdez, north-northwest of Thompson Pass, and west of the Richardson Highway. Precipitation runoff from ...
References
External links
Worthington GlacierNational Park Service
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Glaciers of Alaska
Glaciers of Chugach Census Area, Alaska
Glaciers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
National Natural Landmarks in Alaska
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