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Baldwin Glacier

Baldwin Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 1798 ft (548.03 m)
About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends NE to Plateau Glacier, 5 mi. SE of head of Queen Inlet, 68 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 2 miles long.

History of Baldwin Glacier

Named by members of the American Geographical Society Glacier Expedition of 1941 for Prentiss S. Baldwin, born in 1868, a practicing lawyer interested in geology, geography and natural history. In 1886 he visite d Muir Glacier and published two papers concerning his observations.