{{Short description|Glacier in Alaska, United States}} {{about|the glacier on the Kenai Peninsula|the glacier in Antarctica|McCarthy Glacier}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox glacier | name = McCarty Glacier | image = McCarty Glacier.jpg | caption = Comparison of the size of McCarty Glacier in 1909 versus its size in 2004 | type = Tidewater glacier | location = [[Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska]], U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|59|46|12|N|150|13|15|W|type:glacier_scale:250000|display=inline,title}} | area = 15 miles<sup>2</sup> (24.6 km<sup>2</sup>) | length = 10 miles (16.3 km) | thickness = | terminus = [[McCarty Fiord]] | status = Retreating | map = Alaska | label_position = top | map_caption = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }} The '''McCarty Glacier''' is a tidewater [[glacier]] located in the [[Harding Icefield]] in the [[Kenai Mountains]] of the [[Kenai Peninsula]], [[Alaska]].

The glacier is named for William McCarty, a former resident of [[Seward, Alaska|Seward]].

The glacier has been severely affected by [[global warming]] and since the early 1900s its terminus has receded 15&nbsp;km from the mouth of the bay.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Glacier and Landscape Change in Response to Changing Climate | url=https://www2.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/glaciers/repeat_photography.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104184801/http://www.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/glaciers/repeat_photography.asp | access-date=2025-07-02 | archive-date=2012-11-04}}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of glaciers|List of glaciers and icefields]]

==References== <references />

==External links== * {{Gnis|1413501}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060915112734/http://gdftp.gi.alaska.edu/CGI-Exe/ImageFolio31/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Austin_Post_Collection%2FR60_11&img=90 Photo gallery including many pictures of the McCarty Glacier] * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/208968 Excerpt from an article of the ''Geographical Review'' on the McCarty Glacier]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mccarty Glacier}} [[Category:Glaciers of Alaska]] [[Category:Glaciers of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]

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