Alaska Gazetteer
John Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Hoonah-Angoon Borough. The primary coordinates for John Glacier places it within the 99826 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | John Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends E to its 1961 terminus, 1 mi. NW of 1961 terminus of Johns Hopkins Glacier, 80 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named in 1936 by Field and Cooper (1937, p. 62) for ""Stickeen John,"" one of the Tlingit Indians who accompanied John Muir on his visit in 1879 (Muir, 1915, p. 115)." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.856338501 |
| Longitude: | -137.174057007 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for John Glacier: John Glacier.
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