History of Fourth Glacier

Local name reported in 1909 by Laurence Martin as having been used since 1897 or 1898. This was the fourth glacier within Yakutat Bay, which the prospectors attempted to traverse in the late 1890's to reach the Alsek valley gold fields. The first was the Turner Glacier, the Hubbard Glacier was the second, and Nunatak Glacier was the third. The name "Beasley Glacier" was proposed by Blackwelder (1907, p. 417-418), instead of "Fourth Glacier," for R. W. Beasley of Yakutat, but this name was not accepted by Board on Geographic Names (BGN).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Fourth Glacier

Yakutat Foreland,

Russell Fiord, Seal Bay, Shelter Cove,

Cape Stoss, Punta Cascales,

Cascading Glacier, Fourth Glacier, Hidden Glacier, Miller Glacier, Moser Glacier,

Harlequin Lake, Mountain Lake,

Black Tit, Crescent Mountain, Mount Draper, The Nunatak, Mount Pinta, Mount Ruhamah, Slate Peak, South Mountain, Mount Unana,

Antlen River,

Beasley Creek, Miller Creek, Moser Creek,