Information About

Quintino Sella Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Yakutat

Length:

13 mi (20.92 km)

Elevation:

7671 ft (2338.12 m)

About

Heads at 603800N 1410700W in Canada 20 mi W of Mount Logan and flows SW across the international boundary to merge with Columbus Glacier, 1 mi. NW of Table Mtn. and 81 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History of Quintino Sella Glacier

Named by His Royal Highness, Prince Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Duke of the Abruzzi, in 1897, while on the summit of Mount St. Elias, for Quintino Sella, pioneer of Italian Alpinism (Filippi, 1900, p. 159).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Bering Glacier (1950), Bering Glacier (1951), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier C-1 (1985), Bering Glacier C-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Quintino Sella Glacier

Glaciers:

Columbus Glacier, Fraser Glacier, Quintino Sella Glacier,

Mountains:

Table Mountain,