Information About

Valerie Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 8' 38" N,
139 ° 35' 13.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Length

14 mi (22.53 km)

Elevation

2526 ft (769.92 m)

Valerie Glacier in Detail.

About

In the Saint Elias Mountains, heads at 601100N, 1394500W, flowing ESE to Hubbard Glacier, 2 mi. NE of head of Disenchantment Bay and 29 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named for Valerie F. Wood (1933-1951), who served as an assistant to the scientific part of Project Snow Cornice of the Arctic Institute of North America. She was killed with her mother in an airplane crash near the glacier about July 27, 1951 (see Mount Foresta). The name was proposed by the Arctic Institute of North America.

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 NE (2017),
Places Near Valerie Glacier
Bars:

New Reef,

Bays:

Disenchantment Bay,

Capes:

Bancas Point, Marble Point,

Glaciers:

Atrevida Glacier, Black Glacier, Galiano Glacier, Haenke Glacier, Hubbard Glacier, Miller Glacier, Turner Glacier, Valerie Glacier,

Islands:

Haenke Island, Osier Island,

Mountains:

Amphitheater Knob, Mount Foresta, Gilbert Point, Mount Vancouver,

Streams:

Calahonda Creek,