Great Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Petersburg Borough.
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Feature Name: | Great Glacier |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Glacier |
Description: | heads on Alaska-Canada boundary, 36 mi. NE of Petersburg, trends SE to Stikine River in British Columbia; Coast Mts.. |
History: | "Named reported in 1877 by Joseph Hunter, Canadian engineer and surveyor, who wrote ""Great Glacier is said to extend northwestwardly to the coast about 70 miles, from 350 to 400 feet high.""" |
Borough: | Petersburg Borough |
Latitude: | 56.9382209778 |
Longitude: | -132.109283447 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Great Glacier: Great Glacier.
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