Information About

Plateau Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 58' 17.98" N,
136 ° 21' 4.673" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Elevation

525 ft (160.02 m)

Plateau Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads in Cushing Plateau, trends SE to Wachusett Inlet on Glacier Bay, 63 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Name published by American Geographical Society (Cooper, 1937, pl. 1); named for Cushing Plateau.

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1950), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-2 NE (2017),

Places Near Plateau Glacier

Bays:

Blue Mouse Cove, Glacier Bay, Queen Inlet, Sebree Cove, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Caroline Point, Tlingit Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), Loomis Glacier, Morse Glacier, Morse Glacier, Muir Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Riggs Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Hills:

Islands:

Composite Island, Sebree Island, Triangle Island,

Lakes:

Mountains:

Black Cap Mountain, Mount Brock, Mount Cadell, Gable Mountain, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Mount Merriam, Pyramid Peak, Sentinel Peak, Mount Wordie,

Mountain Passes:

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks, Idaho Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Valleys: