Information About

Heather Nunatak

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Haines

Parent:

St. Elias Mountains

Elevation:

4071 ft (1240.84 m)

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, 3 mi. NE of end of Aurora Glacier and 62 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Heather Nunatak

Local name reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1951. Probably so called for the heather or false heather, Phyllodoce glanduliflora, that grows profusely on exposed mountain slopes in SE Alaska (Sharples, 1938, p. 101).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather C-3 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather C-3 NE (2017),

Places Near Heather Nunatak

Bays:

Blue Mouse Cove, Charpentier Inlet, Reid Inlet, Scidmore Bay,

Capes:

Eerie Point, Eerie Point, Gilbert Peninsula, Ibach Point,

Glaciers:

Aurora Glacier, Brady Glacier, Charpentier Glacier, Geikie Glacier, Hugh Miller Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Maynard Glacier, Reid Glacier, Scidmore Glacier,

Islands:

Composite Island,

Lakes:

Abyss Lake, Wood Lake,

Mine:

Galena Mine, Sentinel Mine,

Mountains:

Blackthorn Peak, Mount Bulky, Contact Nunatak, Contact Peak, Mount Divide, Mount Favorite, Fossil Peak, Mount Friable, Gullied Peak, Heather Nunatak, July Fourth Mountain, Mount Parker, Red Bed Peak, Threesome Mountain,

Parks:

Glacier Bay National Park,

Ridges:

Enigma Ridge, Goat Ridge,

Streams:

Ptarmigan Creek,