Information About

Pigot Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Pigot Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 54' 6.001" N,
148 ° 30' 15.998" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

4 mi (6.44 km)

Elevation

2644 ft (805.89 m)

Pigot Glacier in Detail.

About

trends SE to its terminus 3 mi. NW of head of Pigot Bay, 10 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name derived from nearby Point Pigot.

Topo Maps

Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-5 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward D-5 (1995), Seward D-5 NE (2017),
Places Near Pigot Glacier
Bays:

Blackstone Bay, Cochrane Bay, Emerald Bay, Entry Cove, Harriman Fiord, Hollow Bight, Hummer Bay, Logging Camp Bay, Passage Canal, Pigot Bay, Pirate Cove, Poe Bay, Shotgun Cove, Smitty's Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Cove, Surprise Inlet, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

Point Pigot, Point Cochrane, Blackstone Point, Bur Point, Decision Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Slope Point, Squirrel Point, Strong Point, Trinity Point,

Cities:

Whittier,

Glaciers:

Baker Glacier, Bettles Glacier, Billings Glacier, Cataract Glacier, Detached Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Glacier G211360E60891N, Harriman Glacier, Lake George Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Penniman Glaciers, Pigot Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Seth Glacier, Stairway Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Twentymile Glacier, Wedge Glacier, Whittier Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island, Willard Island,

Mine:

Lansing Mine, Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Luther Kelly, Mount Muir, Pigot Benchmark, Shakespeare Shoulder,

Parks:

Bettles Bay State Marine Park, Decision Point State Marine Park, Entry Cove State Marine Park, Surprise Cove State Marine Park, Ziegler Cove State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Learnard Peak, Lowell Peak, Mismapped Mountain, Passage Peak, Pico España, Vigesimal Peak,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Cove Creek, Hummer Creek, Whittier Creek, Whittier Creek,