Information About

Greenpoint Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 0' 42.001" N,
130 ° 16' 55.999" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Hyder

Length

3 mi (4.83 km)

Elevation

3520 ft (1072.9 m)

Greenpoint Glacier in Detail.

About

trends NW to Through Glacier, 13.5 mi. NW of Hyder, Coast Mts. 3 miles long.

History

Descriptive name given in 1926 by A. F. Buddington, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because the "two shoulders on either side where it joins the larger glacier are both conspicuously covered with trees up to considerable height."

Topo Maps

Bradfield Canal (1951), Bradfield Canal (1951), Bradfield Canal (1951), Bradfield Canal (1954), Bradfield Canal A-1 (1955), Bradfield Canal A-1 (1955), Bradfield Canal A-1 (1955), Bradfield Canal (1955), Bradfield Canal (1955), Bradfield Canal A-1 (1996), Bradfield Canal A-1 (1997), Bradfield Canal A-1 (2000),

Places Near Greenpoint Glacier

Areas:

Seal Rocks,

Capes:

Glacier Point, Yankee Point,

Glaciers:

Boundary Glacier, Casey Glacier, Chickamin Glacier, Ferguson Glacier, Glacier G229868E56010N, Glacier G229869E55963N, Glacier G229870E55950N, Glacier G229873E55933N, Glacier G229875E56019N, Glacier G229878E55962N, Easternmost Glacier, Gray Glacier, Greenpoint Glacier, Hidden Glacier, Hummel Glacier, Red Glacier, Soule Glacier, Texas Glacier, Through Glacier, Thumb Glacier,

Lakes:

Disappearing Lake, No Name Lake, Texas Lake,

Mine:

Riverside Mine,

Mountains:

Banded Mountain, Mount Bayard, Cantu Mountain, Mount Hinckley, Mount Jefferson Coolidge, Mount John Jay, Ninemile Mountain, Mount Upshur, Mount Wilson,

Mountain Ranges:

Lincoln Mountains, Seward Mountains,

Rivers:

North Fork Soule River, Soule River,

Streams:

Ibex Creek, North Fork Texas Creek, Texas Creek, Thumb Creek, West Fork Texas Creek,

Routes:

Chickamin Glacier Trail, Salmon Glacier Northern Bank,