Information About

Atrevida Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 57' 38.002" N,
139 ° 47' 43.001" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Length

6 mi (9.66 km)

Elevation

1332 ft (405.99 m)

Atrevida Glacier in Detail.

About

heads at about 600100N1384300W; trends SW to Lucia Glacier, W of Amphitheater Knob, 29 mi. N of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 6 miles long.

History

Named in 1890 by Russell (1891, p. 92), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for one of the two vessels of Captain Malaspina, an Italian who, in the service of Spain, explored the Alaskan coast in 1791.

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat D-5 (1959), Yakutat D-5 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat D-5 NW (2017),

Places Near Atrevida Glacier

Areas:

Kwik Delta,

Beaches:

Logan Beach,

Capes:

Point Latouche, Bancas Point, Blizhni Point,

Cliffs:

Logan Bluffs,

Glaciers:

Atrevida Glacier, Black Glacier, Galiano Glacier, Haenke Glacier, Latouche Glacier, Lucia Glacier, Turner Glacier, Valerie Glacier,

Islands:

Strawberry Island,

Lakes:

Aka Lake,

Mountains:

Amphitheater Knob, Floral Hills, Lucia Nunatak, Terrace Point,

Mountain Passes:

Floral Pass,

Rivers:

Grand Wash River,

Streams:

Aquadulce Creek, Esker Stream, Indian Camp Creek, Kame Stream, Kwik Stream, Lucia Stream, Sudden Stream,