Information About

Scidmore Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Scidmore Glacier on The Map

Location

58 ° 48' 19.001" N,
136 ° 43' 45.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

2.5 mi (4.02 km)

Elevation

1388 ft (423.06 m)

Scidmore Glacier in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends NW and E to its 1961 terminus 4.5 mi. SE of head of Reid Inlet and 66 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by Field and Cooper (1937, pl. 1 and p. 62) for Eliza R. Scidmore, 1856-1928, author of "Alaska, its Southern Coast and the Sitkan Archipelago," (1885), and "Guide to Alaska and the Northwest Coast," (1890). After visiting Glacier Bay she wrote about its discovery in the National Geographic Magazine in 1896.

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 SE (2017),
Places Near Scidmore Glacier
Bays:

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

Capes:

Gilbert Peninsula, Ibach Point,

Glaciers:

Aurora Glacier, Charpentier Glacier, Geikie Glacier, Hugh Miller Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Maynard Glacier, Reid Glacier, Romer Glacier, Scidmore Glacier,

Islands:

Composite Island, Russell Island, Triangle Island,

Mountains:

Mount Abdallah, Mount Bulky, Contact Nunatak, Mount Divide, Fossil Peak, Mount Friable, Gullied Peak, Heather Nunatak, July Fourth Mountain, Mount Parker, Red Bed Peak, Sentinel Peak,

Parks:

Glacier Bay National Park,

Ridges:

Enigma Ridge, Goat Ridge,

Streams:

Ptarmigan Creek,