Ice Calved from Columbia Glacier

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From the largest glacier in Prince William Sound, the free-floating ice you see indicated here has broken away from the retreating face of Columbia Glaicer and is being corraled in place by one of the glacier's underwater terminal moraines (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine).

Columbia Glacier has receded 9 miles since 1980
www.physorg.com/news8890.html

www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF6/667.html

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Glacier

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Coordinates: 61°3'18"N 147°2'56"W

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