Information About

Through Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Through Glacier on The Map

Location

55 ° 59' 3.998" N,
130 ° 22' 1.999" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Hyder

Length

5 mi (8.05 km)

Elevation

4318 ft (1316.13 m)

Through Glacier in Detail.

About

heads at 555900N, 1302200W, trends NE to Chickamin Glacier, 14 mi. NW of Hyder, Coast Mts.

History

Descriptive name given in 1926 by A. F. Buddington, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because "this glacier extends over a high divide and for many miles toward Portland Canal."