Information About

Orange Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Orange Glacier on The Map

Location

59 ° 57' 42.001" N,
139 ° 14' 37" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Length

4 mi (6.44 km)

Elevation

1765 ft (537.97 m)

Orange Glacier in Detail.

About

heads 1.5 mi. NE of Mount Stamy, trends NW to 1961 terminus 1 mi. SE of terminus of Variegated Glacier and 34 mi. NNE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Descriptive name given by Tarr (1906, p. 145), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of the orange color of the morainal debris."