Information About

East Nunatak Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Yakutat

Nearest City:

Yakutat

Length:

17 mi (27.36 km)

Elevation:

135 ft (41.15 m)

About

Incomplete record. In Saint Elias Mountains, heads at 593700N, 1383900W, flows north-northwest to Nunatak Fiord 56 km (35 mi) northeast of Yakutat, St. Elias Mountains. 17 miles long.

History of East Nunatak Glacier

Named "Nunatak" by Israel Cook Russell (1892, p. 86), in 1891, because, from a distance, East and West Nunatak Glaciers had the appearance of a single glacier with a nunatak or rounded butte of bare rock rising through it. The glacier has retreated seven miles, completely uncovering the nunatak. To the northeast is East Ninatak Galier, the other arm is West Nunatak Glacier.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat D-3 (1959), Yakutat D-3 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat D-3 SE (2017),

Places Near East Nunatak Glacier

Capes:

Punta Cascales,

Glaciers:

Art Lewis Glacier, Butler Glacier, Cascading Glacier, East Nunatak Glacier, Hanging Glacier, West Nunatak Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Armour, Mount Aylesworth, Black Tit, Mount Draper, Mount Duff, Mount Jette, The Nunatak, Mount Wade,