Information About

Waxell Glacier

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Location

60 ° 36' 5" N,
143 ° 0' 5" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

4573 ft (1393.85 m)

Waxell Glacier in Detail.

About

Located in the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness, flows E from Steller Glacier and joins Bering Glacier at the Bering-Tana Glacier Divide; N of Waxell Ridge; 64 km (40 mi) N of Mount Campbell and 66 km (41 mi) NW of Cape Yakataga.

History

Named for the nearby Waxell Ridge which commemorates Lieutenant Sven Waxell (1701-1762) who was a member of Bering's crew on the 1741 vogage to Alaska.

Topo Maps

Bering Glacier (1950), Bering Glacier (1951), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier C-6 (1985), Bering Glacier C-6 SE (2016),

Places Near Waxell Glacier

Glaciers:

Betge Glacier, Ovtsyn Glacier, Waxell Glacier, Yushin Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Steller,

Ridges:

Waxell Ridge,