Information About

Detached Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Whittier

Length:

1 mi (1.61 km)

Elevation:

3714 ft (1132.03 m)

About

Heading 1 mi SSE of Mount Muir and trending S to its terminal end just W of Baker Glacier and 1 mi N of Surprise Inlet, 50 mi. SE of Anchorage, Chugach Mountains.

History of Detached Glacier

Descriptive name given in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pl. 2) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-4 (1960), Anchorage A-4 (1960), Anchorage A-4 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-4 SW (2016),

Places Near Detached Glacier

Bars:

Crossway,

Bays:

Port Wells, Bettles Bay, Harriman Fiord, Harrison Lagoon, Hobo Bay, Hummer Bay, Pirate Cove, Serpentine Cove, Surprise Inlet,

Capes:

Colony Point,

Channels:

Doran Strait,

Glaciers:

Baker Glacier, Bettles Glacier, Billings Glacier, Cascade Glacier, Cataract Glacier, Colony Glacier, Detached Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Gannett Glacier, Harriman Glacier, Penniman Glaciers, Pigot Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Serpentine Glacier, Seth Glacier, Stairway Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Toboggan Glacier, Wedge Glacier,

Lakes:

Inner Lake George,

Mine:

Granite Mine, Lansing Mine, Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Doran, Mount Gannett, Mount Gilbert, Mount Muir,

Parks:

Bettles Bay State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Passage Peak, Pico EspaÃ±a,

Streams:

Hobo Creek, Hummer Creek, Lagoon Creek, Troublesome Creek,