Information About

Drop Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

62 ° 19' 17" N,
144 ° 0' 33.998" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Slana

Length

12 mi (19.31 km)

Elevation

5187 ft (1581 m)

Drop Glacier in Detail.

About

heads on Mount Sanford, trends NE to its 1960 terminus at head of Drop Creek, 11 mi. WSW of Copper Lake, Wrangell Mts. 12 miles long.

History

Named in 1902 by F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Drop Creek.

Topo Maps

Gulkana (1951), Gulkana (1951), Gulkana (1951), Gulkana (1951), Gulkana B-1 (1959), Gulkana B-1 (1959), Gulkana B-1 (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1959), Gulkana (1965), Gulkana B-1 SE (2016),
Places Near Drop Glacier
Glaciers:

Drop Glacier, West Glacier,

Mountains:

Capital Mountain, Mount Sanford,

Streams:

Tanada Creek,