Alaska Gazetteer
Grand Plateau Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Grand Plateau Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | Heads about 5902N13750W, trends west to 1961 terminus 2 miles southeast of mouth of Clear Creek in Gulf of Alaska and 68 miles southeast of Yakutat, St Elias Mountains. 11 miles long. |
| History: | La Perouse called this glacier Le Grand Plateau in 1786 and Dall (1875, pl. 21), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), called it the Grand Plateau Glacier. This latter name was published in the 1883 Coast pilot (p. 205). (AK-T1) |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.0225334167 |
| Longitude: | -137.924591064 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Grand Plateau Glacier: Grand Plateau Glacier.
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