Information About

Dirt Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 49' 36.998" N,
136 ° 1' 25" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Length

1 mi (1.61 km)

Elevation

715 ft (217.93 m)

Dirt Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads 1 mi. NE of Mount Wright, trends NW to its terminus, 0.5 mi. S of Adams Inlet and 53 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 2 miles long.

History

Descriptive name given in 1892 by Reid (1892, p. 33), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because "for a mile or more the glacier is so completely covered by debris that no ice can be seen." Since 1892 this glacier has retreated almost three miles and has nearly disappeared.

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1954), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Dirt Glacier

Archipelagos:

Marble Islands,

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Adams Inlet, Goose Cove, Hunter Cove, Maquinna Cove, Muir Inlet, North Sandy Cove, Nunatak Cove, Sandy Cove, Sebree Cove, South Sandy Cove, Spokane Cove, Stump Cove,

Capes:

Point McLeod, Point George, Caroline Point, Muir Point, Rowlee Point, Tlingit Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Channels:

Whidbey Passage,

Glaciers:

Adams Glacier, Casement Glacier, Dirt Glacier, White Glacier,

Hills:

Curtis Hills, Klotz Hills, Knob I,

Islands:

Drake Island, Francis Island, Garforth Island, Leland Islands, North Marble Island, Puffin Island, Sealers Island, Sebree Island, South Marble Island, Sturgess Island,

Mountains:

Mount Case, Mount Elder, Knob G, Knob H, Miller Peak, The Nunatak, Red Mountain, Snow Dome, Tree Mountain, Mount Wright,

Ridges:

Van Horn Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Streams:

Forest Creek, Wolf Creek, York Creek,

Valleys:

Dirt Gulch, Granite Canyon, Ice Valley,