Tags: Glacier.
The Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is the largest piedmont glacier in the world. Situated at the head of the Alaska Panhandle it is about 65 km (40 mi) wide and 45 km (28 mi) long with an area of some 3900 km2 (1500 sq mi). It is named in honor of Alessandro Malaspina an Italian explorer in the service of the Spanish Navy who visited the region in 1791. In 1874 W.H. Dall of what is now the U.S.
