Information About

Bering Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 18' 7.999" N,
143 ° 25' 10.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Lakes

Vitus Lake,

Length

48 mi (77.25 km)

Elevation

1335 ft (406.91 m)

Bering Glacier in Detail.

About

heads in Bagley Ice Field at 603200N1423500W, trends SW to its 1950 terminus, 66 mi. ESE of Cordova, Malaspina Coastal Plain. 48 miles long.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1880 to commemorate Captain Commander Ivan Ivanovich (Vitus) Bering, a Dane in the naval service of Peter the Great, and as leader of an official voyage of exploration, credited with the discovery of Alaska. His first landfall was made in this area in July 1741.

Bering Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Bering Glacier.

Topo Maps

Bering Glacier (1950), Bering Glacier (1951), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier B-7 (1985), Bering Glacier B-7 SE (2016),
Places Near Bering Glacier
Bays:

Foottrack Cove, Tashalich Arm,

Capes:

Arrowhead Point,

Glaciers:

Bering Glacier, Bering Lobe, Griddlecake Glacier, Steller Glacier, Yushin Glacier,

Islands:

The Wallypogs, Bentwood Island, Beringia Novaya, Peat Falls Island, Pointed Island, Tsitus Island, Weeping Peat Island, Whaleback Island,

Lakes:

Lake Sofron, Hohlinsock Lake, Tsiu Lake, Vitus Lake,

Mountain Passes:

Grindle Gap,

Mountain Ranges:

Grindle Hills, Khitrov Hills, Plenisner Hills,

Rivers:

Abandoned River,