Aurora Glacier

Aurora Glacier

Aurora Glacier is a four-mile-long (6.4 km) glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It heads east of July Fourth Mountain and trends northwest to an icefield between the heads of Reid and Brady Glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 61 miles (98 km) northwest of Hoonah. [ Orth, Donald. "Aurora Glacier" in "Dictionary of Alaska Place Names." Geological Survey Professional Paper number 567. US GPO, 1967. ] [cite web| url = Gnis3|1420169 | title = Aurora Glacier| work=USGS National Mapping information|publisher = U.S. Geological Survey| accessdate = 2008-08-11]

The glacier is the namesake for the Alaska Marine Highway vessel M/V "Aurora".

References

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* List of glaciers


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