Information About

Schwan Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Schwan Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 58' 27.998" N,
145 ° 8' 7.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Length

10 mi (16.09 km)

Elevation

1516 ft (462.08 m)

Schwan Glacier in Detail.

About

heads 6 mi. NE of Cordova Peak, treands NE to its terminus, 2 mi. S of Tasnuna River and 40 mi. SE of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1898 by Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA, for Col. Theodore Schwan, USA.

Schwan Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Schwan Glacier.

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova D-4 (1951), Cordova D-4 (1953), Cordova D-4 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova D-4 NE (2014),
Places Near Schwan Glacier
Glaciers:

Cleave Creek Glacier, Glacier G214977E61192N, Pencil Glacier, Schwan Glacier, Woodworth Glacier,

Locales:

Cauliflowers, Natural Selection 2023,

Mountains:

Mount Chosin Few, Cordova Peak, Mount Jimmy Doolittle,

Peaks:

Elephant, Pyramid, Super Bowl,

Mountain Ranges:

Chugach Mountains,