Saskatchewan Glacier

The Saskatchewan Glacier is a glacier, which is about 120 km from the town of Banff, located in Banff National Park in Alberta, the westernmost of Canada's Prairie Provinces. The Saskatchewan Glacier is a outlet glaciers of the Columbia Ice Field. The glacier is an important water source for the North Saskatchewan River. He is about 15 km long and covers an area of ​​30 km ². Between 1893 and 1953, the glacier went back to 1364 m in the wake of the global glacier melt.

52.138546 - 117.193222Koordinaten: 52 ° 8 ' N, 117 ° 12' W

  • Glaciers in Canada
  • Glacier in North America
  • Geography (Alberta)
  • River system North Saskatchewan River
Banff-Nationalpark Banff (Alberta) Columbia Icefield
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