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{{Short description|Glacier in Alaska, United States}}
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| glacier_namename = Bacon Glacier
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| type = Mountain glacier
| location = [[Juneau City and Borough, Alaska|Juneau City and Borough]], Alaska, [[United States|US]]
| coordinates coords = {{Coord|58|38|59|N|133|48|29|W|scale:50000|display=inline,title}}
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'''Bacon Glacier''' is a [[glacier]] in [[Juneau City and Borough, Alaska|Juneau City and Borough]], Alaska, USAUS, close to the Canadian[[Canada–United States border]]. It drains into [[Bacon Creek (Alaska)|Bacon Creek]].<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Topo Map | publisher = Trails.com | url = http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?lat=58.64972&lon=-133.80806&s=500&size=s | accessdate = 2009-12-09}}</ref> The glacier has an elevation of {{convert|2611|ft|m}}, and is located at {{coord|58.650|N|133.808|W}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Topographic Map Glacier Features in Juneau Borough, Alaska |publisher=Topozone.com |url=http://www.topozone.com/states/Alaska.asp?county=Juneau&feature=Glacier |accessdate=2009-12-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014063725/http://www.topozone.com/states/Alaska.asp?county=Juneau&feature=Glacier |archivedate=2012-10-14 }}</ref> Like many other place names in Alaska, Bacon Glacier also reflects the importance of food to the early prospectors and miners who came up with many of those names.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Chandonnet | first = Ann | title = Gold Rush Grub: From Turpentine Stew to Hoochinoo | publisher = University of Alaska Press | year = 2005 | page = 66 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=geieSPS_3m8C&pg=PT76 | isbn = 978-1-889963-71-6}}</ref>
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| title = Topo Map
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| publisher = Trails.com
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| url = http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?lat=58.64972&lon=-133.80806&s=500&size=s
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| accessdate = 2009-12-09}}</ref> The glacier has an elevation of 2611 feet, and is located at latitude 58.650N, Longitude 133.808W.<ref>{{Cite web
| last =
| first =
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| title = Topographic Map Glacier Features in Juneau Borough, Alaska
| work =
| publisher = Topozone.com
| date =
| url = http://www.topozone.com/states/Alaska.asp?county=Juneau&feature=Glacier
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2009-12-09}}</ref> Like many other place names in Alaska, Bacon Glacier also reflects the importance of food to the early prospectors and miners who came up with many of those names.<ref>{{Cite book
| last = Chandonnet
| first = Ann
| authorlink =
| title = Gold Rush Grub: From Turpentine Stew to Hoochinoo
| publisher = University of Alaska Press
| date = 2005
| location =
| page = 66
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=geieSPS_3m8C&pg=PT76
| doi =
| id =
| isbn = 9781889963716}}</ref>
 
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[[Category:Glaciers of Alaska]]
[[Category:JuneauGlaciers Cityof and BoroughJuneau, Alaska]]
 
 
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