Information About

Orange Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 57' 42.001" N,
139 ° 14' 37" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

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."

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat D-4 (1959), Yakutat D-4 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat D-4 NE (2017),

Places Near Orange Glacier

Bays:

Nunatak Fiord, Russell Fiord, Seal Bay,

Capes:

Cape Enchantment, Marble Point, Punta Cascales,

Glaciers:

Alexander Glacier, Butler Glacier, Cascading Glacier, Hendrickson Glacier, McCarty Glacier, Orange Glacier, Variegated Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Alexander, Mount Draper, Mount Jette, Mount McCarty, The Nunatak, Mount Rasmuson, Mount Seattle, South Mountain, Mount Stamy, Mount Unana,