Information About

Demorest Glacier

Demorest Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Juneau
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 14 mi (22.53 km)
Elevation:
  • 3862 ft (1177.14 m)
About

In the Coast Mountains, heading approximately at the Canada-United States international boundary and trending SSW to Taku Glacier, 3 mi WNW of Hodgkins Peak and 25 mi NE of Juneau. 14 miles long.

History of Demorest Glacier

Named in 1953 by personnel of the Juneau Icefield Research Project for Max Harrison Demorest (1910-1942), assistant professor of geology at the University of North Dakota and Sterling Fellow at Yale in 1939. He was killed in 1942 as a lieutenant in the USDF while on the Greenland Ice Sheet attempting to rescue personnel from a downed military aircraft.