Aurora Glacier (Alaska)

For other places with the same name, see Aurora Glacier (disambiguation).

Aurora Glacier
Aurora Glacier
Location	Alaska
Coordinates	58°39′58″N 136°42′12″W
Length	4-mile (6.4 km)

Aurora Glacier is a 4-mile (6.4 km) long 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.[1][2]

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

See also

• List of glaciers in the United States

References

1. Orth, Donald. "Aurora Glacier" in Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Geological Survey Professional Paper number 567. US GPO, 1967.
2. "Aurora Glacier". USGS National Mapping information. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-08-11.