Information About

Cap Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cap Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 57' 4.363" N,
147 ° 54' 28.696" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Elevation

2982 ft (908.91 m)

Cap Glacier in Detail.

About

on S coast of Alaska, 0.8 mi. E of Port Wells, trends W 3 mi. SE of mouth of Avery River and 29 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Descriptive name given in 1910 by Lawrence Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Seward D-3 (1951), Seward D-3 (1951), Seward D-3 (1951), Seward D-3 (1951), Seward D-3 (1951), Seward D-3 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-3 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward D-3 (1995),
Places Near Cap Glacier
Bars:

Egg Rocks,

Bays:

Lake Bay, Cascade Bay, College Fiord, Cove Shoestring, Derickson Bay, Eaglek Bay, Esther Bay, Granite Bay, Papoose Cove, Quillian Bay, Shoestring Cove, Squaw Bay,

Capes:

Point Perry, Coghill Point, Hodgkins Point, Pakenham Point, Ragged Point,

Channels:

Esther Passage, Wells Passage,

Glaciers:

Amherst Glacier, Cap Glacier, Coxe Glacier, Crescent Glacier, Eaglek Glacier, Holyoke Glacier, Lafayette Glacier, Tommy Glacier, Williams Glacier,

Islands:

Axel Lind Island, Bald Head Chris Island, Cascade Island, Dutch Group, Eaglek Island, East Flank Island, Esther Island, Fool Island, Jenny Islands, West Flank Island,

Lakes:

Coghill Lake, Davis Lake, Esther Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Coville, Mount Curtis, Mount Emerson, Unakwik Peak,

Parks:

Granite Bay State Marine Park, South Esther Island State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Avery River, Coghill River,

Cities:

Golden,