Information About

Bagley Icefield

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Location

60 ° 29' 1" N,
141 ° 35' 1" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

5177 ft (1577.95 m)

Bagley Icefield in Detail.

About

In Wrangell-St. Elias Wilderness, heads 13 km (8 mi) W of the US-Canada border at Columbus Glacier, part of the Bering Glacier System in SE Alaska, extending from Shelter Glacier in the W to the Golumbus Glacier in the E and bordered by the Chugach and Elias Mountains. 80 miles long.

History

Named for Colonel James W. Bagley (1881-1947). U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographer.

Bagley Icefield Gallery

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Topo Maps

Bering Glacier (1950), Bering Glacier (1951), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier B-2 (1985), Bering Glacier B-2 NW (2017),

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Glaciers:

Bagley Icefield, Yahtse Glacier,