Information About

Cascade Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 13' 3" N,
140 ° 28' 46.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

3691 ft (1125.02 m)

Cascade Glacier in Detail.

About

heads on Mount Augusta on Alaska-Canada boundary, trends SSE to Seward Glacier, 55 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 6 miles long.

History

So named in 1890 by Russell (1891, p. 144), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "on account of its splendid icefall."