Scott Glacier (Alaska)

Scott Glacier (Alaska)

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Scott Glacier


caption =
type = Mountain glacier
location= Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska
coordinates = coord|60|41|46|N|145|10|37|W|type:glacier
area = 25 miles² (64 km²)
length = 15 miles (24 km)
elevation = 2583 ft. (787 m)
thickness =
terminus =
status =

Scott Glacier is a 15-mile-long (24 km) glacier located in the Chugach Mountains, near Cordova, Alaska. It begins at coord|60|44|31|N|145|04|20|W|type:glacier and trends southwest to coord|60|37|11|N|145|23|09|W|type:glacier, 13 miles (21 km) east northeast of Cordova. The Scott Glacier was named in 1908 after a "local miner" [gnis|1414529] .

ee also

* List of glaciers

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