Information About

Brown Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Brown Glacier on The Map

Location

57 ° 41' 47" N,
132 ° 57' 47.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Petersburg

Length

6 mi (9.66 km)

Elevation

1939 ft (591.01 m)

Brown Glacier in Detail.

About

6 miles long. Heads at South Sawyer Glacier, trends W to its terminus 2 mi. E of Fords Terror and 96 mi. NE of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History

Named in 1895 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), probably because of the color of the morainal debris.

Topo Maps

Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum C-3 (1961), Sumdum C-3 (1961), Sumdum C-3 (2000),
Places Near Brown Glacier
Bays:

Fords Terror,

Glaciers:

Brown Glacier, North Dawes Glacier, South Sawyer Glacier,

Mountains:

Boundary Peak 76, Boundary Peak 77,