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Line 1: {{Infobox glacier '''Fairweather Glacier''' is a 19-mile-long (31 km) [[glacier]] in [[Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. It begins on the west slope of [[Mount Salisbury]] and continues west to its 1961 terminus 0.2 miles (300 m) east of [[Cape Fairweather]], 100 miles (161 km) northwest of [[Hoonah, Alaska\|Hoonah]].▼ \| name = Fairweather Glacier \| photo = \| photo_caption = \| type = \| location = [[Alaska]], [[United States\|U.S.]] \| coords = {{coord\|58\|50\|33\|N\|137\|38\|54\|W\|region:US-AK_type:glacier_scale:250000\|display=it}} \| area = \| length = {{convert\|19\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} \| thickness = \| terminus = \| status = \| map = Alaska \| label_position = top \| map_caption = \| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe \|wikidata=yes \|zoom=9\|coord={{WikidataCoord\|display=i}}}} }} [[File:Fairweather Fault Geologic map.png\|thumb\|left\|350px\|[[Geologic map]] showing the Fairweather Glacier in the upper left]] ▲'''Fairweather Glacier''' is a {{convert\|19~~-mile-~~\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} long ~~(31 km)~~ [[glacier]] in [[Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. It begins on the west slope of [[Mount Salisbury]] and continues west to its 1961 terminus 0.2 miles (300 m) east of [[Cape Fairweather (Alaska)\|Cape Fairweather]], 100 miles (161  km) northwest of [[Hoonah, Alaska\|Hoonah]].<ref>Orth, Donald. "Fairweather Glacier" in ''Dictionary of Alaska Place Names.'' Geological Survey Professional Paper number 567. US GPO, 1967.</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = {{Gnis3\|1421836}} \| title = Fairweather Glacier\| work=USGS National Mapping information\|publisher = U.S. Geological Survey\| accessdate = 2008-08-11}}</ref> Fairweather Glacier is the ~~namesake~~[[eponym]] of the [[Alaska Marine Highway]] fast ferry [[~~M/V~~MV Fairweather\|~~M/V~~MV ''Fairweather'']]. ==References== {{Alaska-geo-stub}}▼ {{Reflist}} ==See also== [[Category:Glaciers of the United States]]▼ * [[~~Category:Geography~~List of ~~Alaska~~glaciers]] [[Category:Glaciers of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve]] [[Category:Glaciers of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska]] ▲[[Category:Glaciers of ~~the~~Unorganized ~~United~~Borough, ~~States~~Alaska]] {{HoonahAngoonAK-geo-stub}} ▲{{Alaska-~~geo~~glacier-stub}}