Information About

Variegated Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Variegated Glacier on The Map

Location

59 ° 59' 53.999" N,
139 ° 19' 54.001" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Length

12 mi (19.31 km)

Elevation

961 ft (292.91 m)

Variegated Glacier in Detail.

About

heads 0.5 mi. W of Mount Jette, trends W to its 1961 terminus, 1.5 mi. E of mouth of Russell Fiord and 34 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts

History

Descriptive name given by Tarr, and Martin (1906, p. 147), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of its caricolored moraines."