Stikine Icecap

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Locational map of major features of the Alaska Panhandle area including the Stikine Icecap

The Stikine Icecap (sometimes referred to as the Stikine Icefield) is a large icefield straddled on the Alaska–British Columbia boundary in the Alaska Panhandle region.^[1] It lies in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains.

An extremely large icefield, the icecap is a primary source for both the Taku and Stikine Rivers. The Stikine Icecap also feeds the LeConte, Sawyer, and Great Glaciers.

The Stikine Icecap area is also renowned for its technically demanding and dangerous peaks and spires of granite that have garnered comparisons as North America's version of Patagonia http://www.alpinist.com/climbing-notes/note/10034/. Peaks of particular renown include Devils Thumb, Witches Tits, Cat's Ears, and the Burkett Needle.

Most expeditions into the region usually depart from Petersburg, Alaska.