Information About

Columbus Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 24' 23" N,
141 ° 5' 10" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Yakutat

Length

8 mi (12.87 km)

Elevation

6135 ft (1869.95 m)

Columbus Glacier in Detail.

About

Heads in Canada at 602400N, 1400500W, extends W to Bagley Ice Field on both sides of the United States-Canada boundary N of Mount Saint Elias and Mount Huxley and W of Seward Glacier, 80 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 8 miles long.

History

Named on July 31, 1897 for Christopher Columbus, by His Royal Highness, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi who saw the Bagley Ice Field from the summit of Mount St. Elias (Filippi, 1900, p. 159); the name, "Columbus Glacier" has been relegated to a part of its east end.

Topo Maps

Bering Glacier (1950), Bering Glacier (1951), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier B-1 (1985), Bering Glacier B-1 NE (2017),

Places Near Columbus Glacier

Basins:

Crater Basin,

Glaciers:

Coal Glacier, Columbus Glacier, Quintino Sella Glacier,

Mountains:

Boundary Peak 187, Haydon Peak, The Hump, Mount Huxley, Mount Saint Elias, Table Mountain,