Alaska Gazetteer
Arthur Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Arthur Glacier places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Arthur Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | on N slope of Takhinsha Mts., trends to its 1964 terminus, 1 mi. S of Takhin River and 24 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts. 5 miles long. |
| History: | Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Arthur Krause, biologist and geographer who, with his brother Aurel, mapped this area in 1881; the name was published in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (pl. 1819). In 1881 Arthur and Aurel Krause were sent by the Bremen Geographic Society to make ethnographic and geographic studies in Alaska. They visited Bering Straights and the district at the head of the Lynn Canal. The results of their investigations were published in various journals. |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.2226982117 |
| Longitude: | -136.00352478 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Arthur Glacier: Arthur 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 Arthur Glacier does not include property ownership information.
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(13.2 miles NNE) Covenant Life, AK (13.5 miles N) |
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(17.5 miles ENE) Haines, AK (19.8 miles E) |
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