Information About

Variegated Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 59' 53.999" N,
139 ° 19' 54.001" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Length

12 mi (19.31 km)

Elevation

961 ft (292.91 m)

Variegated Glacier in Detail.

About

heads 0.5 mi. W of Mount Jette, trends W to its 1961 terminus, 1.5 mi. E of mouth of Russell Fiord and 34 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts

History

Descriptive name given by Tarr, and Martin (1906, p. 147), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of its caricolored moraines."

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat D-4 (1959), Yakutat D-4 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat D-4 NW (2017),

Places Near Variegated Glacier

Areas:

Hubbard Glacier Geological Area,

Bars:

Bays:

Nunatak Fiord, Russell Fiord, Seal Bay,

Capes:

Cape Enchantment, Marble Point,

Glaciers:

Alexander Glacier, Hendrickson Glacier, Henry Glacier, McCarty Glacier, Orange Glacier, Variegated Glacier,

Islands:

Haenke Island, Osier Island,

Mountains:

Mount Alexander, Mount Foresta, Gilbert Point, Mount Hendrickson, Mount McCarty, Mount Rasmuson, Mount Seattle, Mount Stamy,

Streams:

Calahonda Creek,