biggest glaciers in the us
The 2,000 square mile Bering Glacier is the largest in North America. The Malaspina Glacier is the largest piedmont glacier in the world at 1,500 hundred square miles. The Hubbard Glacier is the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska, 76 miles from the head to the bay. The Matanuska Glacier is the largest glacier in Alaska that is accessible by car.
This Landsat satellite image shows Bering Glacier in Alaska, the largest glacier in North America. Although the glacier has been retreating and thinning recently, it still surges about every 20 years or so. âCredit: NASA image by Robert Simmon, based on data provided by the Landsat 7 Science Team.