Information About

Martin Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Martin Glacier on The Map

Location

59 ° 17' 30.001" N,
138 ° 27' 59" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Length

2.4 mi (3.86 km)

Elevation

2982 ft (908.91 m)

Martin Glacier in Detail.

About

on W slope of Brabazon Range trends W to 1961 terminus at head of Giners Creek, 0.8 mi. W of Tanis Lake and 47 mi. SE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by Blackwelder (1907, p. 417;426), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for E. R. Martin, who was in charge of the U.S. Boundary Survey party that surveyed this area in 1906.