Information About

Dying Glacier (historical)

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 49' 50.002" N,
136 ° 15' 10.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

220 ft (67.06 m)

Dying Glacier (historical) in Detail.

About

former glacier, in Glacier Bay National Monument, trended E-W, 1 mi. SE of Pyramid Peak and 57 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Descriptive name given in 1890 by Reid (1892, p. 36), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because the glacier was rapidly melting away. Between 1886 and 1890 it had receded more than 1,000 yards." It has now entirely disappeared.

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1954), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-1 SW (2017),

Places Near Dying Glacier (historical)

Archipelagos:

Marble Islands,

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Geikie Inlet, Glacier Bay, Goose Cove, Hunter Cove, Maquinna Cove, Muir Inlet, Nunatak Cove, Sebree Cove, Shag Cove, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Point McLeod, Point George, Caroline Point, Muir Point, Rowlee Point, Tlingit Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Channels:

Whidbey Passage,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), Loomis Glacier, Morse Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Hills:

Curtis Hills, Klotz Hills,

Islands:

Drake Island, Francis Island, Garforth Island, Geikie Rock, Lone Island, North Marble Island, Sealers Island, Sebree Island, South Marble Island, Sturgess Island,

Lakes:

Vivid Lake,

Mountains:

Black Cap Mountain, Mount Cadell, Hugh Miller Mountain, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Knob H, Marble Mountain, Mount Merriam, The Nunatak, Pyramid Peak, Tlingit Peak,

Mountain Passes:

Glacier Pass,

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks, Idaho Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge, Van Horn Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Streams:

Favorite Creek, Forest Creek,

Valleys:

Dirt Gulch, Ice Valley,