dartmouth, glacier, mile, long, glacier, state, alaska, heads, southwest, mount, castner, chugach, mountains, trends, southwest, terminus, head, coghill, river, miles, west, valdez, name, reported, 1908, grant, higgins, 1910, usgs, presumably, named, dartmouth. The Dartmouth Glacier is a 3 4 mile 5 5 km long glacier in the U S state of Alaska It heads southwest of Mount Castner in the Chugach Mountains and trends southwest to its terminus at the head of the Coghill River 47 miles 76 km west of Valdez 1 2 The name was reported in 1908 by Grant and Higgins 1910 pl 2 USGS It is presumably named for Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire 3 Dartmouth GlacierDartmouth GlacierTypeglacierCoordinates61 10 11 N 147 37 04 W 61 16972 N 147 61778 W 61 16972 147 61778 Coordinates 61 10 11 N 147 37 04 W 61 16972 N 147 61778 W 61 16972 147 61778Length3 4 miles 5 5 km Terminus3 189 feet 972 m See also EditList of glaciersReferences Edit Geological Survey Professional Paper U S Government Printing Office 1949 pp 257 Donald J Orth 1967 Dictionary of Alaska Place Names U S Government Printing Office pp 257 Dartmouth Glacier USGS National Mapping information U S Geological Survey Retrieved 2008 06 23 This article about a glacier in Alaska is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a location in the Chugach Census Area Alaska is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dartmouth Glacier amp oldid 1089946777, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
