Information About

Roaring Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 0' 13.46" N,
148 ° 26' 44.239" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

3.5 mi (5.63 km)

Elevation

3763 ft (1146.96 m)

Roaring Glacier in Detail.

About

Trends NE-SW, lying between Surprise Glacier and Harriman Fiord, 1 mi N of the terminal end of Harriman Glacier, 52 mi. SE of Anchorage, Chugach Mts.

History

Descriptive name given in 1899 by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, name suggested by the noise of tumbling ice masses on the steep slope at the glacier terminus.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-4 (1960), Anchorage A-4 (1960), Anchorage A-4 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-4 SW (2016),
Places Near Roaring Glacier
Bays:

Bettles Bay, Emerald Bay, Entry Cove, Harriman Fiord, Hollow Bight, Hummer Bay, Logging Camp Bay, Passage Canal, Pigot Bay, Pirate Cove, Poe Bay, Serpentine Cove, Shotgun Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Inlet, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

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

Glaciers:

Baker Glacier, Bettles Glacier, Billings Glacier, Cataract Glacier, Detached Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Glacier G211360E60891N, Harriman Glacier, Penniman Glaciers, Pigot Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Serpentine Glacier, Seth Glacier, Stairway Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Toboggan Glacier, Twentymile Glacier, Wedge Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island,

Mine:

Lansing Mine, Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Doran, Mount Gilbert, Mount Luther Kelly, Mount Muir, Pigot Benchmark,

Parks:

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

Peaks:

Passage Peak, Pico España, Vigesimal Peak,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Hobo Creek, Hummer Creek,