Information About

Lamplugh Glacier

Lamplugh Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Haines

Length:

8 mi (12.87 km)

Elevation:

1621 ft (494.08 m)

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends N to its 1961 terminus in Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1.4 mi. W of Ptarmigan Creek and 76 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Lamplugh Glacier

Named by Lawrence Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), about 1912 for George W. Lamplugh, 1859-1926, English geologist who visited Glacier Bay in 1884. Lamplugh joined the Geological Survey in 1901 and was assistant director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1914-20.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-3 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-3 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-3 SW (2017),

Places Near Lamplugh Glacier

Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet, Reid Inlet, Tarr Inlet,

Capes:

Confusion Point, Ibach Point, Jaw Point,

Glaciers:

Aurora Glacier, Clark Glacier, Gilman Glacier, Hoonah Glacier, Hugh Miller Glacier, Kadachan Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Reid Glacier, Romer Glacier, Scidmore Glacier, Topeka Glacier, Toyatte Glacier,

Islands:

Russell Island,

Mine:

Galena Mine, Sentinel Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Abbe, Mount Abdallah, Mount Bertha, Contact Nunatak, Mount Cooper, Mount Friable, Heather Nunatak, July Fourth Mountain, Mount Parker,

Parks:

Glacier Bay National Park,

Streams:

Ptarmigan Creek,

Lamplugh Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Lamplugh Glacier.