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Alaska

Glaciers
27,509
Total area
86,708 km²

Alaska has 27,509 glaciers covering 86,708 km² in total, according to the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0, across 6 subregions. The largest named glacier is Seward Glacier, at 3,363 km².

Subregions

  • Saint Elias Mountains

    5,039 glaciers, 33,178 km²

  • North Coast Ranges

    10,551 glaciers, 22,964 km²

  • Alaska Range (Wrangell/Kilbuck)

    5,812 glaciers, 16,284 km²

  • West Chugach Mountains (Talkeetna)

    4,529 glaciers, 12,005 km²

  • Alaska Peninsula (Aleutians)

    872 glaciers, 1,912 km²

  • North Alaska

    706 glaciers, 364 km²

Largest named glaciers

  1. 1. Seward Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 3,363 km²

  2. 2. Bering Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 3,025 km²

  3. 3. Hubbard Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 2,834 km²

  4. 4. Logan Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 1,177 km²

  5. 5. Kaskawulsh Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 1,054 km²

  6. 6. Nabesna Glacier

    Alaska Range (Wrangell/Kilbuck), 1,029 km²

  7. 7. Yahtse Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 1,019 km²

  8. 8. Klutlan Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 959 km²

  9. 9. Chitina Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 925 km²

  10. 10. Agassiz Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 832 km²

  11. 11. Columbia Glacier

    West Chugach Mountains (Talkeetna), 774 km²

  12. 12. Steller Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 744 km²

  13. 13. Walsh Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 718 km²

  14. 14. South Sawyer Glacier

    North Coast Ranges, 613 km²

  15. 15. Tweedsmuir Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 592 km²

  16. 16. Lowell Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 583 km²

  17. 17. Brady Glacier

    North Coast Ranges, 549 km²

  18. 18. Dawes Glacier

    North Coast Ranges, 524 km²

  19. 19. Taku Glacier

    North Coast Ranges, 521 km²

  20. 20. Tana Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 515 km²

  21. 21. Barnard Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 512 km²

  22. 22. Meade Glacier

    North Coast Ranges, 461 km²

  23. 23. Carroll Glacier

    North Coast Ranges, 458 km²

  24. 24. Harvard Glacier

    West Chugach Mountains (Talkeetna), 450 km²

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Alaska in numbers

Glaciers and glacier area by subregion of Alaska, Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0
SubregionGlaciersArea
Saint Elias Mountains5,03933,178 km²
North Coast Ranges10,55122,964 km²
Alaska Range (Wrangell/Kilbuck)5,81216,284 km²
West Chugach Mountains (Talkeetna)4,52912,005 km²
Alaska Peninsula (Aleutians)8721,912 km²
North Alaska706364 km²
Total27,50986,708 km²

Source: RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023), Randolph Glacier Inventory, Version 7.0, NSIDC, CC BY 4.0. Download the full list from the research portal.