Information About

Tazlina Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Tazlina Glacier on The Map

Location

61 ° 28' 50.999" N,
146 ° 35' 40.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Length

1.6 mi (2.57 km)

Elevation

4655 ft (1418.84 m)

Tazlina Glacier in Detail.

About

heads 1.6 mi. N of Mount Cashman, trends N to its 1960 terminus, 1 mi. S of Tazlina Lake and 43 mi. N of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History

Lieutenant Allen (1887, map), USA, obtained Ahtena Indian name "Tezlina" for the present-day Tazlina River (p. 62). W. C. Mendenhall, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is responsible for applying the Indian stream name, which he spelled Taxlina (Takhlina), to the glacier at the stream's head in 1898. Tazlina (Tas-lin'tna) means "swift river."