Information About

Red Glacier

Red Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 3596 ft (1096.06 m)
About

in Lincoln Mts., trends N to its (1955) terminus 6.5 mi. NW of Hyder, Coast Mts.

History of Red Glacier

Descriptive name given in 1926 by Buddington, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because the "moraine of this glacier is almost wholly of red quartz monzonite boulders."