Information About

Battle Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 43' 37.999" N,
134 ° 34' 9.001" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

1791 ft (545.9 m)

Battle Glacier in Detail.

About

Heads in West Branch of Taku Glacier, Juneau Icefield, 0.8 mi. W of Camp 15 Peak; tends N 5.5 mi to Gilkey Glacier, 32 mi N of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named in 1962 by M. M. Miller, Michigan State University for for Dr. W.R.B.Battle (died 1954), glaciologist, who was killed on an expedition to Baffin Island, Canada.

Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau C-2 (1960), Juneau C-2 (1960), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau C-2 NW (2017),

Places Near Battle Glacier

Cities:

Amalga,

Glaciers:

Antler Glacier, Battle Glacier, Bucher Glacier, Eagle Glacier, Echo Glacier, Gilkey Glacier, Herbert Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Thiel Glacier, West Branch Taku Glacier,

Mine:

Eagle River Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Adolph Knopf, Mount Blachnitzky, Camp 15 Peak, Carpet Peak, Cathedral Peak, Dike Mountain, The Dukes, Echo Mountain, Emperor Peak, Mount Ernest Gruening, Flower Tower, Folded Towers, Glacier King, Horn Spire, Knowl, Little Matterhorn, Mustang Peak, Princess Peak, Rhino Peak, The Snow Towers, Snowdrift Peak, Snowpatch Crag, Snowpatch Craig, Taku Towers, Thane Mountain, Triangle Peak, Tricouni Peak, The Tusk,

Mountain Ranges:

Taku Range,

Ridges:

Berners Peaks, Icefall Spires, Mendenhall Towers,

Streams:

Bacon Creek, Boulder Creek, Windfall Creek,

Routes:

Windfall Lake Trail,

Valleys:

Avalanche Canyon,