Information About

Bertha Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 11' 37" N,
135 ° 48' 22" W

Region

Haines

Nearest City

Haines

Length

6.5 mi (10.46 km)

Elevation

1936 ft (590.09 m)

Bertha Glacier in Detail.

About

heads on N slope of Takhinsha Mts., trends to its terminus, 0.6 mi. S of Takhin River and 23 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts. 6.5 miles long.

History

Named by the U.S. Navy in 1880 and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 198). Fox, Jr., dated 1901.

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