Information About

Red Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 57' 25.805" N,
130 ° 10' 8.89" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Hyder

Elevation

3596 ft (1096.06 m)

Red Glacier in Detail.

About

in Lincoln Mts., trends N to its (1955) terminus 6.5 mi. NW of Hyder, Coast Mts.

History

Descriptive name given in 1926 by Buddington, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because the "moraine of this glacier is almost wholly of red quartz monzonite boulders."

Topo Maps

Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan D-1 (1955), Ketchikan D-1 (1955),

Places Near Red Glacier

Areas:

Seal Rocks,

Capes:

Eagle Point, Glacier Point, Salmon Point, Verdure Point, Yankee Point,

Glaciers:

Boundary Glacier, Casey Glacier, Chickamin Glacier, Ferguson Glacier, Glacier G229868E56010N, Glacier G229869E55963N, Glacier G229870E55950N, Glacier G229873E55933N, Glacier G229875E56019N, Glacier G229878E55962N, Easternmost Glacier, Gray Glacier, Greenpoint Glacier, Hidden Glacier, Hummel Glacier, Red Glacier, Soule Glacier, Texas Glacier, Through Glacier, Thumb Glacier,

Lakes:

Disappearing Lake, No Name Lake, Texas Lake,

Mine:

Riverside Mine,

Mountains:

Banded Mountain, Mount Bayard, Cantu Mountain, Mount Dolly, Mount Hayford, Mount Hinckley, Mount Jefferson Coolidge, Mineral Hill, Ninemile Mountain, Mount Upshur, Mount Welker, Mount Wilson,

Mountain Ranges:

Lincoln Mountains, Reverdy Mountains, Seward Mountains,

Rivers:

Davis River, North Fork Soule River, Salmon River, Soule River,

Streams:

Adanac Creek, Boundary Creek, Cabin Creek, Daly Creek, Fish Creek, Ibex Creek, North Fork Texas Creek, Skookum Creek, Slide Creek, Texas Creek, Thumb Creek, West Fork Texas Creek,

Cities:

Hyder,

Routes:

Chickamin Glacier Trail, Salmon Glacier Northern Bank, Titan Trail,

Waterfalls:

Silver Falls,