Alaska Gazetteer
Garrison Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Garrison Glacier places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Garrison Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | heads on NE slope of Takhinsha Mts., trends to its terminus at head of Kicking Horse River, 5.6 mi. W of Pyramid Harbor and 22 mi. SSW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts. 7 miles long. |
| History: | Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), and published in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 194) as the Garrison Glaciers. International Boundary Commission (IBC) Sheet 9 (1951 atlas) applied the name in 1923 as described above. |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.1373596191 |
| Longitude: | -135.751281738 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Garrison Glacier: Garrison Glacier.
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Haines, AK
(12.6 miles ENE) Mud Bay, AK (13.4 miles E) |
Lutak, AK
(15.5 miles NNE) Klukwan, AK (19 miles NNW) |
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Port Chilkoot, AK
(12.8 miles ENE) Tanani, AK (14.2 miles NE) |
Chilkat, AK
(18.9 miles NNW) |
