Information About

Clark Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 48' 41" N,
137 ° 6' 28.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

8 mi (12.87 km)

Elevation

3195 ft (973.84 m)

Clark Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends NW to its 1961 terminus at head of the Johns Hopkins Inlet, 78 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 8 miles long.

History

Named by W. O. Field and W. S. Cooper in 1936 for William Bullock Clark, 1860-1917, professor of geology at Johns Hopkins University. Clark was born in Vermont, taught geology at Johns Hopkins University from 1887-1917 and was a member of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1888 to 1917.

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 Clark Glacier

Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet, Tarr Inlet,

Capes:

Confusion Point, Jaw Point,

Glaciers:

Charley Glacier, Clark Glacier, Gilman Glacier, Hoonah Glacier, John Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Jones Glacier, Kadachan Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Margerie Glacier, Topeka Glacier, Toyatte Glacier, Tyeen Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Abbe, Mount Bertha, Mount Cooper, Mount Crillon, Mount Dagelet, Mount Klooch, Mount Orville, Mount Turner, Mount Wilbur, Mount Wright,

Mountain Ranges:

Fairweather Range,

Valleys:

Great Valley,