Information About

Bruce Hills

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Haines

Length:

6.5 mi (10.46 km)

Elevation:

2165 ft (659.89 m)

About

Located in Glacier Bay National Monument, extends NW-SE between Burroughs and Plateau Glaciers, St. Elias Mountains. 7 miles long.

History of Bruce Hills

Named by the American Geographical Society (Field, 1947, map) for Minor Wait Bruce, the author of "Alaska, Its History and Resources," who visited Glacier Bay in 1889. (AK-T1)

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1950), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-2 NE (2017),

Places Near Bruce Hills

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Blue Mouse Cove, Hunter Cove, Queen Inlet, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Caroline Point, Rowlee Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), Loomis Glacier, Morse Glacier, Morse Glacier, Muir Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Riggs Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Hills:

Curtis Hills,

Islands:

Sealers Island, Triangle Island,

Lakes:

Vivid Lake,

Mountains:

Black Cap Mountain, Mount Brock, Mount Cadell, Gable Mountain, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Mount Merriam, Pyramid Peak, Mount Wordie,

Mountain Passes:

Glacier Pass,

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks, Idaho Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Valleys:

Ice Valley,

Bruce Hills Gallery

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