Information About

Barnard Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 10' 34" N,
147 ° 56' 26.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

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Elevation

4153 ft (1265.83 m)

Barnard Glacier in Detail.

About

Trends on the west shore of College Fiord, south of Wellesley Glacier, 106 km (66 mi) east of Anchorage, Chugach Mountains. 2.2 miles long.

History

Name reported in 1910 by U. S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); presumably named for Barnard College, part of Columbia Univeristy, New York, N. Y.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-3 (1960), Anchorage A-3 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-3 NW (2013),

Places Near Barnard Glacier

Bays:

Barry Arm, Barry Arm Port Wells, College Fiord, Harvard Arm, Yale Arm College Fiord,

Capes:

Coghill Point, College Point, Pakenham Point,

Glaciers:

Amherst Glacier, Baltimore Glacier, Barnard Glacier, Barry Glacier, Bryn Mawr Glacier, Coxe Glacier, Crescent Glacier, Holyoke Glacier, Lafayette Glacier, Smith Glacier, Tommy Glacier, Vassar Glacier, Wellesley Glacier, Williams Glacier,

Lakes:

Coghill Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Coville, Mount Curtis, Mount Emerson, Mount Goode, Unakwik Peak,

Peaks:

Mount Grace,

Rivers:

Avery River, Coghill River,

Cities:

Golden,