Brooks Glacier is a
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
in
Denali National Park and Preserve
Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is a List of national parks of the United States, United States national park and National preserve, preserve located in Interior Alaska, centered on Denali (feder ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
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. The glacier originates on the east face of
Mount Silverthrone at Brooks Gap. The glacier moves northeast, joining
Muldrow Glacier between
Mount Brooks
Mount Brooks is a mountain peak in the central Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve. The mountain is part of a ridge extending northeastward from the main Denali massif, which includes Pyramid Peak and Mount Silverthrone. The ridge ...
and
Ragged Peak.
Brooks Glacier was named by T.G. Gerdine of the
U.S. Geological Survey
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''circa'' 1900 for geologist
Alfred Hulse Brooks.
See also
*
List of glaciers
A glacier ( ) or () is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries. Glaciers slowly defor ...
Cited references
Glaciers of Denali Borough, Alaska
Glaciers of Denali National Park and Preserve
Glaciers of Alaska
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