Information About

Dirty Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 57' 16.999" N,
148 ° 24' 59" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

1.5 mi (2.41 km)

Elevation

1070 ft (326.14 m)

Dirty Glacier in Detail.

About

trends NW to its terminus 0.7 mi. SE of head of Harriman Fiord, 16 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 1.5 miles long.

History

Descriptive name reported in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-4 (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-4 (1995), Seward D-4 NW (2017),
Places Near Dirty Glacier
Bays:

Bettles Bay, Blackstone Bay, Cochrane Bay, Emerald Bay, Entry Cove, Harriman Fiord, Hobo Bay, Hollow Bight, Hummer Bay, Logging Camp Bay, Passage Canal, Pigot Bay, Pirate Cove, Poe Bay, Serpentine Cove, Shotgun Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Cove, Surprise Inlet, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

Point Pigot, Point Cochrane, Blackstone Point, Bur Point, Decision Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Slope Point, Squirrel Point, Strong Point, Trinity Point,

Glaciers:

Baker Glacier, Bettles Glacier, Billings Glacier, Cataract Glacier, Detached Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Harriman Glacier, Penniman Glaciers, Pigot Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Serpentine Glacier, Seth Glacier, Stairway Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Toboggan Glacier, Wedge Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island,

Mountains:

Mount Doran, Mount Muir, Pigot Benchmark,

Parks:

Bettles Bay State Marine Park, Decision Point State Marine Park, Entry Cove State Marine Park, Surprise Cove State Marine Park, Ziegler Cove State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Passage Peak, Pico España,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Hobo Creek, Hummer Creek,