Information About

Dartmouth Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Glacier View

Length:

3 mi (4.83 km)

Elevation:

3176 ft (968.04 m)

About

heads SW of Mount Castner, trends SW to its terminus at head of Coghill River, 47 mi. W of Valdez, Chugach Mts. 3.4 miles long.

History of Dartmouth Glacier

Name reported in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Presumably named for Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., founded in 1769.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-2 (1960), Anchorage A-2 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-2 NW (2013),

Places Near Dartmouth Glacier

Bays:

Cedar Bay, Harvard Arm, Jonah Bay, Miners Bay, Siwash Bay, Unakwik Inlet, Wells Bay, Yale Arm, Yale Arm College Fiord,

Capes:

College Point,

Glaciers:

Baby Glacier, Baltimore Glacier, Brilliant Glacier, Bryn Mawr Glacier, Dartmouth Glacier, Downer Glacier, Eliot Glacier, Lafayette Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Meares Glacier, Muth Glacier, Radcliffe Glacier, Ranney Glacier, Smith Glacier, Williams Glacier, Yale Glacier,

Islands:

Siwash Island,

Lakes:

Coghill Lake, Miners Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Castner, Mount Grosvenor, Unakwik Peak,

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