Tokositna Glacier, Glacier in Denali National Park, Alaska, US.
Tokositna Glacier is a 40 km long valley glacier on the southeast flank of the Alaska Range, entirely inside Denali National Park. Its accumulation area lies between Mount Hunter to the west and Mount Huntington to the east at about 2,700 m. Averaging 2.5 km wide, it flows south-southeast and ends west of the Tokosha Mountains, where it feeds the Tokositna River.
Tokositna Glacier lies entirely within Denali National Park, fed between Mount Hunter and Mount Huntington at about 2,700 m. The National Park Service has measured its thickness since the 1990s and recorded steady thinning. Its name appears in variants such as Tokasitna, Tokichitna and Tuqashitnu Li'a.
The glacier feeds the Tokositna River, whose name appears in variants such as Tokasitna, Tokichitna and Tuqashitnu Li'a, reflecting Dena'ina usage recorded in the Alaska Range. The river drains the meltwater south and eventually joins the Susitna system, the waterway that carries runoff from this part of Denali National Park toward the Talkeetna region.
The glacier lies entirely within Denali National Park, with its accumulation area between Mount Hunter and Mount Huntington at about 2,700 m. It is 40 km long and averages 2.5 km wide, flowing south-southeast to end west of the Tokosha Mountains. Access is by bush plane or long approach on foot; glacier travel and mountaineering skills are needed.
The National Park Service has measured the glacier's thickness since the 1990s and recorded steady thinning. Its alternate names include Tokasitna Glacier, Tokichitna Glacier and Tuqashitnu Li'a.
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