The Meares Glacier is a large and only tidewater glacier at the head of Unakwik Inlet in Chugach National Forest

Chugach National Forest

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, Alaska

Alaska

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. The glacier is one of the many in Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound

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, and is about 79.6 miles (128 km) east of Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

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. The glacier is named for eighteenth century British

Kingdom of Great Britain

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 naval captain John Meares. The face of the glacier is one mile (1.6 km) wide where it calves into the inlet. The glacier is sometimes visited by cruises

Cruising (maritime)

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 from Valdez. Meares Glacier is currently advancing

Tidewater glacier cycle

The tidewater glacier cycle is the typically centuries-long behavior of tidewater glaciers that consists of recurring periods of advance alternating with rapid retreat and punctuated by periods of stability...

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