Information About

Burroughs Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map

Location

58 ° 59' 15.774" N,
136 ° 17' 13.628" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Length

9 mi (14.48 km)

Elevation

1470 ft (448.06 m)

Burroughs Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends SE to Plateau Glacier, W of Muir Inlet, 64 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 9 miles long.

History

Named "Cushing Plateau" by Reid (1896, pl. 86), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Harry Platt Cushing, who accompanied him on his expedition to Muir Glacier in 1890. Renamed for John Burroughs, 1837-1921, an American naturalist, who visited Muir Inlet with the Harrington Expedition of 1899.

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1954), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-1 NW (2017),

Places Near Burroughs Glacier

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Blue Mouse Cove, Goose Cove, Hunter Cove, Muir Inlet, Nunatak Cove, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Point McLeod, Caroline Point, Muir Point, Rowlee Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), Loomis Glacier, Morse Glacier, Morse Glacier, Muir Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Riggs Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Hills:

Islands:

Garforth Island, Sealers Island,

Lakes:

Mountains:

Black Cap Mountain, Black Mountain, Mount Brock, Mount Cadell, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Mount Merriam, The Nunatak, Pyramid Peak, Mount Wordie,

Mountain Passes:

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks, Idaho Ridge, McConnell Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Streams:

Valleys: