Information About

Turner Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Turner Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 2' 48.001" N,
139 ° 42' 16.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Length

20 mi (32.19 km)

Elevation

1844 ft (562.05 m)

Turner Glacier in Detail.

About

Heads on Mount Cook, trends 20 mil SE to its 1951 terminus on Disenchantment Bay, 32 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Originally named Dalton Glacier by Russell (1891, p. 98) in honor of John Dalton, a miner and frontiersman. After Dalton was accused of murder, the feature was renamed for John Henry Turner, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), who spent three years in Alaska making surveys. Before 1900, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) used the name Duffield Glacier, for William Ward Duffield, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).

Topo Maps

Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mount Saint Elias A-5 (1985), Mount Saint Elias A-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Turner Glacier
Areas:

Hubbard Glacier Geological Area,

Bars:

New Reef,

Bays:

Disenchantment Bay,

Capes:

Point Latouche, Bancas Point, Blizhni Point,

Cliffs:

Logan Bluffs,

Glaciers:

Atrevida Glacier, Black Glacier, Galiano Glacier, Haenke Glacier, Latouche Glacier, Lucia Glacier, Miller Glacier, Turner Glacier, Valerie Glacier,

Islands:

Haenke Island, Strawberry Island,

Mountains:

Amphitheater Knob, Lucia Nunatak, Terrace Point,

Rivers:

Grand Wash River,

Streams:

Aquadulce Creek, Calahonda Creek, Esker Stream, Indian Camp Creek,