Information About

Lafayette Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 1' 46.999" N,
147 ° 47' 17.002" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Glacier View

Length

3.5 mi (5.63 km)

Elevation

1207 ft (367.89 m)

Lafayette Glacier in Detail.

About

Flows NW from the height of land between College Fiord and Unakwik Inlet, terminating 3.5 mi ESE of Coghill Point, 5.4 mi. SE of College Point and 51 mi. W of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1947 by Douglas Brown for Lafayette College, Easton, Penn., founded in 1826.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-3 (1960), Anchorage A-3 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-3 SE (2016),

Places Near Lafayette Glacier

Cities:

Kiniklik,

Bays:

Cascade Bay, College Fiord, Cove Shoestring, Derickson Bay, Eaglek Bay, Harvard Arm, Jonah Bay, Mueller Cove, Olsen Cove, Papoose Cove, Schoppe Bay, Shoestring Cove, Siwash Bay, Squaw Bay, Yale Arm, Yale Arm College Fiord,

Capes:

Point Pellew, Coghill Point, College Point, Point Pellow,

Channels:

Esther Passage,

Glaciers:

Amherst Glacier, Baby Glacier, Barnard Glacier, Cap Glacier, Crescent Glacier, Dartmouth Glacier, Eaglek Glacier, Holyoke Glacier, Lafayette Glacier, Muth Glacier, Tommy Glacier, Vassar Glacier, Wellesley Glacier, Williams Glacier,

Islands:

Cascade Island, Eaglek Island, East Flank Island, Kiniklik Island, Siwash Island, West Flank Island,

Lakes:

Coghill Lake, Davis Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Castner, Unakwik Peak,

Peaks:

Zwaccpunik Peak,

Rivers:

Avery River, Coghill River,

Cities:

Golden,