Mendenhall Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Mendenhall Glacier places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Mendenhall Glacier |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Glacier |
Description: | heads just N of Mendenhall Towers and trends S to its terminus (1962) at Mendenhall Lake, 10 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
History: | The feature was called Auk Glacier by John Muir in 1879, and this name was used by the early miners (DeArmond, 1957, p. 31). U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) renamed the for its Superintendent, Prof. Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, 1841-1924, in 1892. |
Borough: | Juneau Borough |
Latitude: | 58.5349273682 |
Longitude: | -134.543029785 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mendenhall Glacier: Mendenhall Glacier.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mendenhall Glacier does not include property ownership information.
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