Information About

Romer Glacier

Romer Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Haines

Length:

1.9 mi (3.06 km)

Elevation:

2697 ft (822.05 m)

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument, tends E to its 1961 terminus, 0.4 mi. W of Rendu Inlet and 76 mi. NW of Hoonah, 2.5 mi S of Rendu Glacier, St. Elias Mts.

History of Romer Glacier

Named in 1923 by Lawrence Martin, U.S. Dept. of State, for Eugeniusz Romer, 1871-1954, Professor of Geography at the University of Lemberg in Lemberg (now Lviv), in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, and now part of Ukraine, and who visited Glacier Bay in 1913.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-3 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-3 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-3 NE (2017),

Places Near Romer Glacier

Bays:

Queen Inlet, Reid Inlet, Rendu Inlet, Scidmore Bay,

Capes:

Gilbert Peninsula, Ibach Point,

Glaciers:

Carroll Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Reid Glacier, Rendu Glacier, Romer Glacier, Scidmore Glacier,

Islands:

Composite Island, Russell Island, Triangle Island,

Mine:

Galena Mine, Sentinel Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Abdallah, Boundary Peak 158, Boundary Peak 159, Gable Mountain, Mount Parker, Sentinel Peak,

Parks:

Glacier Bay National Park,

Streams:

Ptarmigan Creek,