Information About

Lamplugh Glacier

Lamplugh Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 8 mi (12.87 km)
Elevation:
  • 1621 ft (494.08 m)
About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends N to its 1961 terminus in Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1.4 mi. W of Ptarmigan Creek and 76 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Lamplugh Glacier

Named by Lawrence Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), about 1912 for George W. Lamplugh, 1859-1926, English geologist who visited Glacier Bay in 1884. Lamplugh joined the Geological Survey in 1901 and was assistant director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1914-20.

Lamplugh Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Lamplugh Glacier.