Tsirku Glacier Explained

Tsirku Glacier
Type:	icefield
Location:	Haines Borough, Alaska, U.S.
Coords:	59.3042°N -136.4578°W
Map:	Alaska
Label Position:	top
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 10

The Tsirku Glacier is a large icefield in the Saint Elias Mountains, spanning the border between British Columbia and Alaska, to the south of the Jarvis Glacier.^[1] It is the source of the Tsirku River, which flows northwest to become the second-largest tributary of the Chilkat River. GNIS gives its head at 59.2833°N -136.7833°W and describes it as flowing across the Canada–US border one mile west of the head of the Tsirku River.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Province of British Columbia - GeoBC entry "Tsirku Glacier" . apps.gov.bc.ca. 2016-01-17.

2. References

3. Name

   The name is Tlingit in origin, first published by both the United States and Canada in 1923.^[2]