Information About

Woodworth Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 1' 59.999" N,
145 ° 15' 29.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Elevation

505 ft (153.92 m)

Woodworth Glacier in Detail.

About

heads 10 mi. NW of Cordova Peak, trends NE to its terminus, (1953) at Tasnuna River, 5 mi. E of terminus of Tasnuna Glacier and 34 mi SE of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1898 by F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Jay Backus Woodworth, 1865-1925,geologist, Harvard University.