Klinaklini Glacier
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The Klinaklini 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 ...
west of the Klinaklini River and head of Knight Inlet the Coast Land District of
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(51° 28′ 0″ N, 125° 47′ 0″ W). It flows generally southward from Mt. Silverthrone. The glacier is one of the largest glaciers in western North America. The Hakai Institute has installed a weather station and camera above Klinaklini Glacier that will provide data in near real time to scientists and operational users.


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Glaciers of the Pacific Ranges Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCentralCoast-geo-stub