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Toyatte Glacier

Toyatte Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 3 mi (4.83 km)
Elevation:
  • 3104 ft (946.1 m)
About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends to Johns Hopkins Inlet 5.5 mi. NE of Johns Hopkins Glcaier, 80 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Toyatte Glacier

Named by Muir (1915, p. 204) for Toyatte, a chief of the Stickeen Indians, who accompained him in 1879 and who was killed while attempting to quell a riot between the Taku and Stickeen Indians, described by Muir in Travels in Alaska."