Eagle Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Eagle Glacier places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Eagle Glacier |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Glacier |
Description: | In the Coast Mountains, heads at 583600N, 1343800W, trending NNW, then SW, to unnamed lake at the head of Eagle River, 22 mi NW of Juneau. 9 miles long. |
History: | Named by Commander Richard W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1869, because of the feature's resemblance to an eagle with outstretched wings. It forms the head of the Eagle River. |
Borough: | Juneau Borough |
Latitude: | 58.6343688965 |
Longitude: | -134.661911011 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Eagle Glacier: Eagle 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 Eagle Glacier does not include property ownership information.
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