Information About

Tyndall Glacier

Tyndall Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Yakutat

Length:

16 mi (25.75 km)

Elevation:

925 ft (281.94 m)

Fatalities:

2

About

Heads at 601510N, 1410600W, on the SW slope of Saint Elias Mountains, trends SW to Taan Fiord, 17 mi NNE of Point Riou.

History of Tyndall Glacier

Named for John Tyndall (1820-1893), British physicist, natural philosopher, and glaciologist.

Fatalities

April 2, 2002

2 people died

mountaineering, skiing

Found on the following Topo Maps

Bering Glacier (1950), Bering Glacier (1951), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier A-1 (1985), Bering Glacier A-1 NE (2017),

Places Near Tyndall Glacier

Basins:

Bays:

Capes:

Kageet Point, Kichyatt Point,

Glaciers:

Coal Glacier, Daisy Glacier, Libbey Glacier, Tyndall Glacier,

Islands:

Lakes:

Agassiz Lakes, Lake Caetani, Crater Lake,

Mountains:

Boundary Peak 187, Haydon Peak, Hoof Hill, The Hump, Mount Huxley,

Mountain Ranges:

Chaix Hills, Karr Hills,

Rivers: