Guyot Glacier is a 34 miles (54.7 km) long and 8 miles (12.9 km) wide glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 located in the east end of the Robinson Mountains in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. It begins 5.6 mi (9 km) north of Yaga Peak and heads east-southeast to Icy Bay, south of the Guyot Hills and 73 miles (117.5 km) northwest of Yakutat. It borders Yahtse Glacier

Yahtse Glacier

Yahtse Glacier is a 40-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the southeast slope of Mount Miller and trends southeast along the north border of Guyot Glacier to Icy Bay, just east of Guyot Hills and 70 miles northwest of Yakutat. The western extent is an icefield....

 on the northeast. The glacier was named by the New York Times expedition of 1886 for Arnold Henry Guyot

Arnold Henry Guyot

Arnold Henry Guyot was a Swiss-American geologist and geographer.-Biography:...

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