Information About

Patton Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Patton Glacier on The Map

Location

58 ° 54' 0" N,
136 ° 18' 0" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

1.2 mi (1.93 km)

Elevation

2966 ft (904.04 m)

Patton Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, on NE slope of Mount Cadell, trends N to its 1947 terminus 1.5 mi. S of the Plateau Glacier, 63 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by members of the Glacier Bay Expedition of 1941 (Field, 1947, map) for J. L. Patton, one of G. F. Wright's companions on Muir Glacier in 1886.