Information About

Gray Glacier

Gray Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 2 mi (3.22 km)
Elevation:
  • 3566 ft (1086.92 m)
About

heads on NW slope of Ninemile Mtn., trends S to its 1955 terminus 8 mi. NW of Hyder, Coast Mts. 2 miles long.

History of Gray Glacier

Descriptive name given in 1926 by A. F. Buddington, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because the moraine of this glacier is composed almost wholly of gray granodiorite boulders***.