Carroll Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Hoonah-Angoon Borough. The primary coordinates for Carroll Glacier places it within the 99826 ZIP Code delivery area.
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Feature Name: | Carroll Glacier |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Glacier |
Description: | in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads near the Alaska-Canada boundary, trends SE to its 1950 terminus, 1 mi. N of Queens Inlet, 71 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 15 miles long. |
History: | Named in 1892 by Reid (1896, p. 422), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Captain James Carroll of the S.S. Queen, who, in that year, was the first to take a ship into the upper part of Glacier Bay. It was called Woods Glacier by the International Boundary Commission (IBC) in 1898. |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon Borough |
Latitude: | 59.2020149231 |
Longitude: | -136.539367676 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Carroll Glacier: Carroll Glacier.
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