Information About

Lituya Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 44' 7.001" N,
137 ° 26' 40.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

11 mi (17.7 km)

Elevation

2877 ft (876.91 m)

Lituya Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads on SW slope of Fairweather Range, trends SW to Gilbert Inlet, on Lituya Bay, 1.6 mi. NW of the terminus of Cascade Glacier and 85 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1917 by J. B. Mertie, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Lituya Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Lituya Glacier.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather C-5 (1961), Mount Fairweather C-5 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather C-5 NE (2017),

Places Near Lituya Glacier

Bars:

Cormorant Rock, Passage Rock,

Bays:

Crillon Inlet, Gilbert Inlet, Lituya Bay,

Capes:

Cenotaph Point, Harbor Point, Three Saints Point,

Glaciers:

Cascade Glacier, Desolation Glacier, Fairweather Glacier, Huscroft Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Klooch Glacier, Lituya Glacier, Lookout Glacier, North Crillon Glacier, South Crillon Glacier,

Hills:

The Paps,

Islands:

Cenotaph Island,

Lakes:

Crillon Lake, Fish Lake, Grassy Pond,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Bay Peak, Cairn Peak, Carin Peak, Mount Fairweather, Grassy Mountain, Mount Klooch, Lituya Mountain, Middle Dome, North Dome, Mount Orville, Ptarmigan Dome, Mount Quincy Adams, Mount Salisbury, South Billy Goat Mountain, Mount Wilbur,

Ridges:

Grassy Ridge, Solomon Railroad,

Rivers:

Crillon River,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Butcher Creek, Campbell Creek, Coal Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Mineral Creek, Mudslide Creek, Steelhead Creek, Topsy Creek, Whale Creek,

Valleys:

Desolation Valley, Great Valley,