Information About

Charley Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 51' 42.001" N,
137 ° 9' 5" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Length

1 mi (1.61 km)

Elevation

4176 ft (1272.84 m)

Charley Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, terminates 1 mi. W of Johns Hopkins Inlet, 80 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 1 mile long.

History

Named by Field Jr. and Cooper (1937, p. 62, fig. 17) for Sitka Charley," one of John Muir's Tlingit Indian guides on his 1879 trip to Glacier Bay.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-4 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-4 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-4 SE (2017),

Places Near Charley Glacier

Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet, Tarr Inlet,

Capes:

Confusion Point, Jaw Point,

Glaciers:

Charley Glacier, Clark Glacier, Gilman Glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier, Hoonah Glacier, John Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Jones Glacier, Kadachan Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Margerie Glacier, North Crillon Glacier, Topeka Glacier, Toyatte Glacier, Tyeen Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Abbe, Mount Bertha, Mount Cooper, Mount Crillon, Mount Forde, Mount Orville, Mount Turner, Mount Wilbur, Mount Wright,

Mountain Ranges:

Fairweather Range,