Information About

Fairweather Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Fairweather Glacier on The Map

Location

58 ° 50' 33" N,
137 ° 38' 53.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

19 mi (30.58 km)

Elevation

2231 ft (680.01 m)

Fairweather Glacier in Detail.

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument, heads on the W slope of Mount Salisbury and trends W to its 1961 terminus 0.2 mi E of Cape Fairweather and 100 mi NW of Hoonah, Malaspina Coasta Plain. 19 miles long.

History

Local name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the 1950's.

Fairweather Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Fairweather Glacier.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-5 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-5 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Fairweather Glacier
Bays:

Crillon Inlet, Gilbert Inlet, Lituya Bay,

Capes:

Cenotaph Point, Three Saints Point,

Glaciers:

Cascade Glacier, Desolation Glacier, Fairweather Glacier, Lituya Glacier, Sea Otter Glacier,

Islands:

Cenotaph Island,

Lakes:

Fish Lake,

Mountains:

Bay Peak, Mount Escures, Mount Fairweather, Lituya Mountain, Mount Quincy Adams, Mount Root, South Billy Goat Mountain, Mount Watson,

Ridges:

Solomon Railroad,

Streams:

Butcher Creek, Coal Creek, Eagle Creek, Echo Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Fourmile Creek, Justice Creek, Mudslide Creek, Portage Creek,

Valleys:

Desolation Valley,