Alaska Gazetteer
Miles Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Miles Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | Trends west to its terminus at Miles Lake, 2 miles north of Goat Mountain and 33 miles north of Katalla, Chugach Mountains. (AK-T1) |
| History: | "Named in 1885 by Lieutenant Allen (1887, pl. 5), USA, during his Alaska expedition, for Major General Nelson A. Miles, 1839-1925, USA. ""He entered the Army as a volunteer in 1861, attaining the rank of Major General of Volunteers, grade by grade, and at age of 25 commanded an army corps. He entered regular army at close of Civil War, rose by regular grades to be Major General, succeeding to command of USA on retirement of General Schofield. He conducted several campaigns against hostile Indians on the Western frontiers, notably that against Apaches under Geronimo and Natchez, who surrendered in 1886."" (Who's Who in America, 1899, p. 491). (AK-T1)" |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.6310310364 |
| Longitude: | -144.144577026 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Miles Glacier: Miles Glacier.
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