Information About

Billings Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 52' 22.001" N,
148 ° 35' 7.001" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

5 mi (8.05 km)

Elevation

1801 ft (548.94 m)

Billings Glacier in Detail.

About

trends SE to head of Billings Creek, 5.5 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 5 miles long.

History

Named in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for commodore Joseph Billings, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who commanded a Russian exploring and surveying expedition in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean in 1791-92.

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