Information About

Baird Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 13' 32.002" N,
132 ° 25' 36.001" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Wrangell

Length

22 mi (35.41 km)

Elevation

3799 ft (1157.94 m)

Baird Glacier in Detail.

About

22 miles long in 1961. Heads near Alaska-Canada boundary, at 571500N1321500W, trends SW to its 1961 terminus, 1.5 mi. N of Thomas Bay and 100 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1823-87, pioneer American naturalist noted for his studies of North American birds while Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1850-87, and U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 1871-87.

Topo Maps

Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum A-2 (1961), Sumdum A-2 (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum A-2 (2000),

Places Near Baird Glacier

Glaciers:

Baird Glacier, Oasis Glacier, Patterson Glacier, Witches Cauldron,

Mountains:

Boundary Peak 73, Mount Burkett, Devils Thumb, Mount T,

Slopes:

Cats Ears,