Information About

Guyot Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Guyot Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 10' 32.999" N,
141 ° 39' 7.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Length

19 mi (30.58 km)

Elevation

2690 ft (819.91 m)

Guyot Glacier in Detail.

About

In the E end of the Robinson Mountains, heading 2.5 mi N of Yaga Peak and trending ESE 19 mi. to Icy Bay, S of the Guyot Hills and 73 mi NW of Yakutat; bordering Yahtse Glacier on the NE, Chugach Bay.

History

Named by the New York Times Expedition of 1886 for Arnold Henry Guyot, 1807-84, of Princeton University, and applied to what was then the west lobe of the Malaspina Glacier (Libbey, 1886, p. 296).

Places Near Guyot Glacier
Bays:

Tsaa Fiord,

Capes:

Claybluff Point,

Glaciers:

Beare Glacier, Guyot Glacier, Lare Glacier, Yahtse Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount McPherson,

Mountain Ranges:

Guyot Hills,

Rivers:

Little River,

Streams:

Big Sandy Creek, Carson Creek, Crystal Creek, Lydick Creek,