Alaska Gazetteer
Turner Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Turner Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | Heads on Mount Cook, trends 20 mil SE to its 1951 terminus on Disenchantment Bay, 32 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | Originally named Dalton Glacier by Russell (1891, p. 98) in honor of John Dalton, a miner and frontiersman. After Dalton was accused of murder, the feature was renamed for John Henry Turner, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), who spent three years in Alaska making surveys. Before 1900, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) used the name Duffield Glacier, for William Ward Duffield, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.0994262695 |
| Longitude: | -139.798828125 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Turner Glacier: Turner Glacier.
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