Information About

Bettles Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 55' 50.002" N,
148 ° 24' 34.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

2.5 mi (4.02 km)

Elevation

2484 ft (757.12 m)

Bettles Glacier in Detail.

About

trends NE to its 1951 terminus, 2 mi. SW of head of Bettles Bay and 15 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1910 for Captain James Bettles of Valdez by Grant and Higgins (1913 pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name for the glacier was originally erroneously spelled "Bettels."

Topo Maps

Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-4 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward D-4 (1995), Seward D-4 NW (2017),
Places Near Bettles Glacier
Bays:

Bettles Bay, Blackstone Bay, Cochrane Bay, Emerald Bay, Entry Cove, Goose Bay, Harriman Fiord, Harrison Lagoon, Hobo Bay, Hollow Bight, Hummer Bay, Logging Camp Bay, Passage Canal, Pigot Bay, Pirate Cove, Poe Bay, Serpentine Cove, Shotgun Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Cove, Surprise Inlet, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

Point Pigot, Point Cochrane, Blackstone Point, Bur Point, Decision Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Slope Point, Squirrel Point, Strong Point, Trinity Point,

Glaciers:

Baker Glacier, Bettles Glacier, Billings Glacier, Cataract Glacier, Detached Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Harriman Glacier, Penniman Glaciers, Pigot Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Serpentine Glacier, Seth Glacier, Stairway Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Toboggan Glacier, Wedge Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island,

Mine:

Granite Mine, Lansing Mine, Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Doran, Mount Muir, Pigot Benchmark,

Parks:

Bettles Bay State Marine Park, Decision Point State Marine Park, Entry Cove State Marine Park, Surprise Cove State Marine Park, Ziegler Cove State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Passage Peak, Pico España,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Hobo Creek, Hummer Creek, Lagoon Creek,