Information About

Charley Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Charley Glacier on The Map

Location

58 ° 51' 42.001" N,
137 ° 9' 5" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

1 mi (1.61 km)

Elevation

4176 ft (1272.84 m)

Charley Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, terminates 1 mi. W of Johns Hopkins Inlet, 80 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 1 mile long.

History

Named by Field Jr. and Cooper (1937, p. 62, fig. 17) for Sitka Charley," one of John Muir's Tlingit Indian guides on his 1879 trip to Glacier Bay.