Information About

Girdled Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 56' 39.869" N,
135 ° 44' 1.374" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Length

2.8 mi (4.51 km)

Elevation

3402 ft (1036.93 m)

Girdled Glacier in Detail.

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument, heads 0.2 mi SE of Berg Mountain and trends W 2.8 mi to the head of an unnamed stream, 2.6 mi N of Adams Inlet and 66 mi NW of Juneau; St. Elias Mountains. 2.8 miles long.

History

Descrptive name given in 1890 by H. F. Reid (1892, p. 28) because the glacier was surronded by moraines.

Topo Maps

Juneau D-6 (1949), Juneau D-6 (1949), Juneau D-6 (1949), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau D-6 NE (2017),

Places Near Girdled Glacier

Glaciers:

Adams Glacier, Casement Glacier, Girdled Glacier, Rainbow Glacier, White Glacier,

Lakes:

Berg Lake, Endicott Lake, Main Lake,

Mountains:

Berg Mountain, Mount Elder, Mount Rice, Sitth-gha-ee Peak, Snow Dome, Tree Mountain, Mount Young,

Mountain Passes:

Endicott Gap,

Peaks:

Mount Dech, Mount Tajis, Mount Tlingit Ankawoo,

Streams:

Berg Creek,

Valleys:

Endicott Valley, Granite Canyon, Howling Valley, Main Valley,