Bering Glacier

Bering Glacier
Terminus of Bering Glacier, September 29, 2002
Map showing the location of Bering Glacier
Map showing the location of Bering Glacier
Bering Glacier
Typeglacier
Coordinates60°18′08″N 143°25′11″W / 60.30222°N 143.41972°W / 60.30222; -143.41972[1]
TerminusVitus Lake south of Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
StatusRetreating
Map

Bering Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It currently terminates in Vitus Lake south of Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the Gulf of Alaska. Combined with the Bagley Icefield, where the snow that feeds the glacier accumulates, the Bering is the largest glacier in North America. The glacier is named after Vitus Bering.

  1. ^ "Bering Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-09-01.