Information About

Kashoto Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 51' 31" N,
137 ° 0' 22" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

2 mi (3.22 km)

Elevation

3632 ft (1107.03 m)

Kashoto Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends NW to its 1961 terminus, 0.5 mi. E of Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1 mi. NE of Hoonah Glacier, 79 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by Field and Cooper (1937, p. 62) Kashoto, chief of the Huna subtribe of the Tlingit Indians at the time of John Muir's visit in 1879.

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 SE (2017),

Places Near Kashoto Glacier

Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet, Reid Inlet, Tarr Inlet,

Capes:

Confusion Point, Ibach Point, Jaw Point,

Glaciers:

Charley Glacier, Clark Glacier, Gilman Glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier, Hoonah Glacier, John Glacier, Jones Glacier, Kadachan Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Margerie Glacier, Reid Glacier, Topeka Glacier, Toyatte Glacier, Tyeen Glacier,

Islands:

Russell Island,

Mine:

Galena Mine, Sentinel Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Abbe, Mount Bertha, Mount Cooper, Mount Crillon, Mount Forde, Mount Parker, Mount Wright,

Parks:

Glacier Bay National Park,

Mountain Ranges:

Fairweather Range,

Streams:

Ptarmigan Creek,