Information About

Brilliant Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 7' 59.657" N,
147 ° 27' 15.53" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Length

2.3 mi (3.7 km)

Elevation

3461 ft (1054.91 m)

Brilliant Glacier in Detail.

About

trends SW to its terminus at head of a stream which drains into Unakwik Inlet, 40 mi. W of Valdez, Chugach Mts. 2.3 miles long.

History

So named in 1910 by U.S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because of the brilliancy of the ice.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-2 (1960), Anchorage A-2 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-2 NE (2013),

Places Near Brilliant Glacier

Bays:

Buyers Cove, Cedar Bay, Eickelberg Bay, Granite Bay, Jonah Bay, Long Bay, Miners Bay, Siwash Bay, Unakwik Inlet, Wells Bay,

Capes:

Glaciers:

Baby Glacier, Brilliant Glacier, Dartmouth Glacier, Downer Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Meares Glacier, Muth Glacier, Pedro Glacier, Ranney Glacier, Yale Glacier,

Islands:

Block Island, Schrader Island, Siwash Island,

Lakes:

Billys Hole, Miners Lake,

Mountains:

Aspero Peak, Mount Castner, Mount Grosvenor,

Peaks:

Yellow Cedar Peak,

Ridges:

Dora Keen Range,

Rivers:

Streams: