Information About

Copper Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Copper Glacier on The Map

Location

62 ° 8' 57.001" N,
143 ° 46' 13.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Slana

Length

15 mi (24.14 km)

Elevation

4370 ft (1331.98 m)

Copper Glacier in Detail.

About

heads on Mount Wrangell, trends N to its 1957 terminus at head of Copper River, 28 mi. SW of Nabesna, Wrangell Mts. 15 miles long.

History

Named in 1902 by F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for the Copper River.

Topo Maps

Nabesna (1950), Nabesna (1950), Nabesna (1950), Nabesna (1950), Nabesna (1951), Nabesna (1951), Nabesna A-6 (1959), Nabesna A-6 (1959), Nabesna (1960), Nabesna (1960), Nabesna (1960), Nabesna (1960), Nabesna (1960), Nabesna A-6 NW (2016),
Places Near Copper Glacier
Glaciers:

Copper Glacier, West Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Jarvis,

Streams:

Tanada Creek,