Burroughs Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Hoonah-Angoon Borough. The primary coordinates for Burroughs Glacier places it within the 99826 ZIP Code delivery area.
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Feature Name: | Burroughs Glacier |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Glacier |
Description: | in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends SE to Plateau Glacier, W of Muir Inlet, 64 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 9 miles long. |
History: | "Named ""Cushing Plateau"" by Reid (1896, pl. 86), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Harry Platt Cushing, who accompanied him on his expedition to Muir Glacier in 1890. Renamed for John Burroughs, 1837-1921, an American naturalist, who visited Muir Inlet with the Harrington Expedition of 1899." |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon Borough |
Latitude: | 58.9856147766 |
Longitude: | -136.265274048 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Burroughs Glacier: Burroughs Glacier.
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