Scott Glacier | |||||
Type: | Mountain glacier | ||||
Location: | Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska | ||||
Coords: | 60.6961°N -145.1769°W | ||||
Area: | 25 miles2 (64 km2) | ||||
Length: | 15 miles (24 km) | ||||
Elevation Min: | 2583 ft. (787 m) | ||||
Map: | Alaska | ||||
Label Position: | top | ||||
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Scott Glacier is a 15-mile-long (24 km) glacier located in the Chugach Mountains, near Cordova, Alaska. It begins at 60.7419°N -145.0722°W and trends southwest to 60.6197°N -145.3858°W, 13 miles (21 km) east northeast of Cordova. The Scott Glacier was named in 1908 after a "local miner".