America’s Largest Glaciers and Icefields

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Source: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2018, ESA - https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus/#/home, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78418069

50. First Branch Columbia Glacier
> Land area: 36.4 square miles
> Closest town, borough, or school district: Valdez, Alaska (pop: 3,985)
> Map coordinates: Lat: 61.152, Long: -147.286

Source: U.S. Forest Service. 1950. Dixon Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media. (nsidc.org)

49. Dixon Glacier
> Land area: 37.1 square miles
> Closest town, borough, or school district: St. Mary, Montana (pop: 50)
> Map coordinates: Lat: 48.929, Long: -114.016

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Source: Post, Austin. 1984. Scott Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media. (nsidc.org)

48. Scott Glacier
> Land area: 38.1 square miles
> Closest town, borough, or school district: Cordova, Alaska (pop: 2,239)
> Map coordinates: Lat: 60.673, Long: -145.200

Source: alaskanps / Flickr

47. Rohn Glacier
> Land area: 38.7 square miles
> Closest town, borough, or school district: McCarthy, Alaska (pop: 28)
> Map coordinates: Lat: 61.767, Long: -142.639

Source: patrickhadorn / Getty Images

46. Dahlgren Ridge Glacier
> Land area: 39.0 square miles
> Closest town, borough, or school district: McCarthy, Alaska (pop: 28)
> Map coordinates: Lat: 60.241, Long: -142.271

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