Information About

Grand Pacific Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Grand Pacific Glacier on The Map

Location

59 ° 3' 50" N,
137 ° 3' 29.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

7 mi (11.27 km)

Elevation

66 ft (20.12 m)

Grand Pacific Glacier in Detail.

About

heads in St Elias Mts., 7 mi. SW of Mount Hay, trends E into British Columbia then SE to head of Tarr Inlet at Alaska-Canada boundary, 68 mi. SW of Skagway.

History

Named by John Muir in 1879. In 1892 Reid (1896, pl. 86 and p. 432), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), found that the front of the glacier had receded so far as to convert it into three distinct glaciers. He retained the name Grand Pacific for the most northerly and largest, and named the middle one Johns Hopkins Glacier. The smallest and most southerly glacier was named Reid Glacier in 1899 by the Harrington Expedition.

Grand Pacific Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Grand Pacific Glacier.

Topo Maps

Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway A-6 (1961), Skagway A-6 (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway A-6 SE (2017),
Places Near Grand Pacific Glacier
Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet, Tarr Inlet,

Capes:

Confusion Point, Jaw Point,

Glaciers:

Charley Glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier, John Glacier, Jones Glacier, Kadachan Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Margerie Glacier, Rendu Glacier, Topeka Glacier, Toyatte Glacier, Tyeen Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Barnard, Boundary Peak 159, Mount Cooper, Mount Forde, Mount Parker,

Streams:

Ptarmigan Creek,