Information About

Popof Glacier

Popof Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Wrangell
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2612 ft (796.14 m)
About

trends SE to its 1953 terminus, 0.5 mi. SE of Mount Basargin, 19 mi. NE of Wrangell, Coast Mts.

History of Popof Glacier

Russian name given in 1863 by the surveying party of the Rynda. Feature was called First (or Little) Glacier in 1877 by Joseph Hunter, Canadian engineer and surveyor. See Rynda Island.