Alaska

Partner: 
UPM
Info: 
The database info refers to hundreds/thousands of glaciers worldwide, but the spatial information collected here has been restricted to the glacier regions within the AMAP area. The polygons defining these regions are listed below. The names given correspond to names of regions or subregions as defined in the Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G) Glacier Regions catalogue (http://www.gtn-g.ch/data_catalogue_glacreg/).
Date start: 
01/01/1978
Geographic position: 
MULTIPOLYGON (((-134 54.5, -134 50, -180 50, -180 57, -169 57, -169 72, -134 72, -134 62.4, -132 62.4, -132 61, -130.49 58.67, -126.96 57.75, -130.6 54.5)), ((180 50, 165 50, 165 57, 180 57, 180 50)))