Bacon Glacier Explained

Bacon Glacier
Type:	Mountain glacier
Location:	Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United States
Map:	Alaska
Label Position:	top
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 8

Bacon Glacier is a glacier in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, US, close to the Canada–United States border. It drains into Bacon Creek.^[1] The glacier has an elevation of 2611feet, and is located at 58.65°N -133.808°W.^[2] Like many other place names in Alaska, Bacon Glacier also reflects the importance of food to the early prospectors and miners who came up with many of those names.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Topo Map . Trails.com . 2009-12-09.
2. Web site: Topographic Map Glacier Features in Juneau Borough, Alaska . Topozone.com . 2009-12-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014063725/http://www.topozone.com/states/Alaska.asp?county=Juneau&feature=Glacier . 2012-10-14 .
3. Book: Chandonnet, Ann . Gold Rush Grub: From Turpentine Stew to Hoochinoo . University of Alaska Press . 2005 . 66 . 978-1-889963-71-6.