Information About

Malaspina Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Yakutat

Nearest City:

Yakutat

Length:

30 mi (48.28 km)

Elevation:

1575 ft (480.06 m)

About

heads 8 mi. S of Alaska-Canada boundary, trends S 28 mi. to Gulf of Alaska, 38 mi. NW of Yakutat; St. Elias Mts.

History of Malaspina Glacier

named Malaspina Plateau in 1874 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), who at the time did not recognize its true character because of its cover of morainal material. Malaspina, Italian navigator and explorer in the service of Spain, who explored the NW coast of North America in 1791. closer approach to the glacier was made in 1880 and its true character was seen. Glacier (U S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 211).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat D-8 (1985), Yakutat D-8 NE (2017),

Places Near Malaspina Glacier

Glaciers:

Agassiz Glacier, Malaspina Glacier,

Lakes:

Oily Lake,

Mountains:

Moore Nunatak,

Mountain Ranges:

Samovar Hills,

Malaspina Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Malaspina Glacier.