Information About

Through Glacier

Through Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Ketchikan Gateway
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 5 mi (8.05 km)
Elevation:
  • 4318 ft (1316.13 m)
About

heads at 555900N, 1302200W, trends NE to Chickamin Glacier, 14 mi. NW of Hyder, Coast Mts.

History of Through Glacier

Descriptive name given in 1926 by A. F. Buddington, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because "this glacier extends over a high divide and for many miles toward Portland Canal."