Heads in Canada at 602400N, 1400500W, extends W to Bagley Ice Field on both sides of the United States-Canada boundary N of Mount Saint Elias and Mount Huxley and W of Seward Glacier, 80 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 8 miles long.
Named on July 31, 1897 for Christopher Columbus, by His Royal Highness, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi who saw the Bagley Ice Field from the summit of Mount St. Elias (Filippi, 1900, p. 159); the name, "Columbus Glacier" has been relegated to a part of its east end.
Coal Glacier, Columbus Glacier, Quintino Sella Glacier,
Mountains:Boundary Peak 187, Haydon Peak, The Hump, Mount Huxley, Mount Saint Elias, Table Mountain,