# McCarty Glacier

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Glacier in Alaska, United States

This article is about the glacier on the Kenai Peninsula. For the glacier in Antarctica, see [McCarthy Glacier](/source/McCarthy_Glacier).

McCarty Glacier Comparison of the size of McCarty Glacier in 1909 versus its size in 2004 McCarty Glacier Location within Alaska Interactive map of McCarty Glacier Type Tidewater glacier Location Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, U.S. Coordinates 59°46′12″N 150°13′15″W / 59.77000°N 150.22083°W / 59.77000; -150.22083 Area 15 miles2 (24.6 km2) Length 10 miles (16.3 km) Terminus McCarty Fiord Status Retreating

The **McCarty Glacier** is a tidewater [glacier](/source/Glacier) located in the [Harding Icefield](/source/Harding_Icefield) in the [Kenai Mountains](/source/Kenai_Mountains) of the [Kenai Peninsula](/source/Kenai_Peninsula), [Alaska](/source/Alaska).

The glacier is named for William McCarty, a former resident of [Seward](/source/Seward%2C_Alaska).

The glacier has been severely affected by [global warming](/source/Global_warming) and since the early 1900s its terminus has receded 15 km from the mouth of the bay.[1]

## See also

- [List of glaciers and icefields](/source/List_of_glaciers)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Glacier and Landscape Change in Response to Changing Climate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121104184801/http://www.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/glaciers/repeat_photography.asp). Archived from [the original](https://www2.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/glaciers/repeat_photography.asp) on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2025-07-02.

## External links

- [U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McCarty Glacier](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1413501)

- [Photo gallery including many pictures of the McCarty Glacier](https://web.archive.org/web/20060915112734/http://gdftp.gi.alaska.edu/CGI-Exe/ImageFolio31/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Austin_Post_Collection%2FR60_11&img=90)

- [Excerpt from an article of the *Geographical Review* on the McCarty Glacier](https://www.jstor.org/stable/208968)

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