Information About

John Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 51' 16.999" N,
137 ° 10' 32.002" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

0.5 mi (0.8 km)

Elevation

3776 ft (1150.92 m)

John Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends E to its 1961 terminus, 1 mi. NW of 1961 terminus of Johns Hopkins Glacier, 80 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1936 by Field and Cooper (1937, p. 62) for "Stickeen John," one of the Tlingit Indians who accompanied John Muir on his visit in 1879 (Muir, 1915, p. 115).

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-4 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-4 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-4 SW (2017),

Places Near John Glacier

Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet, Tarr Inlet,

Capes:

Confusion Point, Jaw Point,

Glaciers:

Charley Glacier, Clark Glacier, Gilman Glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier, Hoonah Glacier, John Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Jones Glacier, Kadachan Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Margerie Glacier, North Crillon Glacier, Topeka Glacier, Toyatte Glacier, Tyeen Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Abbe, Mount Bertha, Mount Cooper, Mount Crillon, Mount Forde, Mount Orville, Mount Salisbury, Mount Turner, Mount Wilbur, Mount Wright,

Mountain Ranges:

Fairweather Range,