Information About

Billings Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 52' 22.001" N,
148 ° 35' 7.001" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

5 mi (8.05 km)

Elevation

1801 ft (548.94 m)

Billings Glacier in Detail.

About

trends SE to head of Billings Creek, 5.5 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 5 miles long.

History

Named in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for commodore Joseph Billings, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who commanded a Russian exploring and surveying expedition in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean in 1791-92.

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Pictures of, from, or near Billings Glacier.

Topo Maps

Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-5 (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-5 SE (1984), Seward D-5 (1995),
Places Near Billings Glacier
Bays:

Blackstone Bay, Emerald Bay, Hollow Bight, Logging Camp Bay, Passage Canal, Poe Bay, Shotgun Cove, Smitty's Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Cove, Surprise Inlet,

Capes:

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

Cities:

Whittier,

Glaciers:

Bettles Glacier, Billings Glacier, Burns Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Cataract Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Detached Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Glacier G211226E60788N, Glacier G211235E60779N, Glacier G211254E60750N, Glacier G211360E60891N, Harriman Glacier, Lake George Glacier, Lawrence Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Milton Glacier, Northland Glacier, Pigot Glacier, Portage Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Seth Glacier, Shakespeare Glacier, Stairway Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Twentymile Glacier, Wedge Glacier, Whittier Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island, Willard Island,

Lakes:

Carmen Lake, Divide Lake, Glenn Lake,

Mine:

Lansing Mine, Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Baird Peak, Bard Peak, Mount Luther Kelly, Maynard Mountain, Pigot Benchmark, Shakespeare Shoulder,

Parks:

Decision Point State Marine Park, Surprise Cove State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Portage Pass,

Peaks:

Learnard Peak, Lowell Peak, Mismapped Mountain, Passage Peak, Pico España, Vigesimal Peak,

Rivers:

South Fork Upper Carmen River,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Cove Creek, Whittier Creek, Whittier Creek,

Routes:

Portage Pass Trail,