Information About

Thiel Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 43' 0.998" N,
134 ° 39' 47.999" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Length

7 mi (11.27 km)

Elevation

2300 ft (701.04 m)

Thiel Glacier in Detail.

About

In the Coast Mountains, heads at 584100N, 1344500W trending NE to Battle Glacier, 2.5 mi NE of Horn Spire and 31 mi NNW of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named by members of the Juneau Icefield Research Project in 1964 for Dr. Edwrd Thiel (1928-1961), glaciologist and geophysicist. He was chief seismologist with the Arctic Institute of North America, co-leader of the Fletcher Ice Shelf Traverse in Antarctica, chief scientist for Antarctic airborne geophysical operations, and assistant proffesor of geophysics at the University of Minnesota.

Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau C-2 (1960), Juneau C-2 (1960), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau C-2 NW (2017),
Places Near Thiel Glacier
Cities:

Amalga,

Basins:

Cottrell Basin, Yankee Basin,

Beaches:

Eagle Beach,

Glaciers:

Antler Glacier, Battle Glacier, Bucher Glacier, Eagle Glacier, Herbert Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Thiel Glacier, West Branch Taku Glacier,

Islands:

Gull Island,

Lakes:

Antler Lake, Windfall Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Adolph Knopf, Camp 15 Peak, Dike Mountain, Mount Ernest Gruening, Folded Towers, Glacier King, Horn Spire, Mustang Peak, The Snow Towers, Snowdrift Peak, Snowpatch Crag, Snowpatch Craig, Thane Mountain, Triangle Peak, Tricouni Peak, The Tusk,

Ridges:

Berners Peaks, Icefall Spires, Mendenhall Towers,

Rivers:

Eagle River, Gilkey River, Herbert River,

Streams:

Bacon Creek, Boulder Creek, Canyon Creek, South Fork Cowee Creek, Windfall Creek,

Routes:

Amalga Trail, Herbert Glacier Trail, Windfall Lake Trail, Yankee Basin Trail,

Valleys:

Granite Canyon,