History of Blossom Island

So named by personnel of the joint National Geographic Society-U.S. Geological Survey Expedition to Mount St. Elias, in 1890, because the nunatak, surrounded by ice, was covered by a dense growth of flowers (Russell, 1891, p. 114).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Blossom Island

Blossom Glacier, Hayden Glacier, Lucia Glacier, Marvine Glacier, Pinnacle Glacier,

Malaspina Lake,

Blossom Island, Mount Cook, Floral Hills, Lucia Nunatak,

Floral Pass, Pinnacle Pass,

Hitchcock Hills,

Pinnacle Pass Hills,

Kwik Stream, Lucia Stream, Sudden Stream,