Tsirku Glacier
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 .[1][2] 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°17′00″N 136°47′00″W / 59.28333°N 136.78333°W and describes it as flowing across the Canada–US border one mile west of the head of the Tsirku River.[2]
Name[]
The name is Tlingit in origin, first published by both the United States and Canada in 1923.[2]
References[]
- ^ "The Province of British Columbia - GeoBC entry "Tsirku Glacier"". apps.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tsirku Glacier
Coordinates: 59°18′15″N 136°27′28″W / 59.30417°N 136.45778°W
Categories:
- Canada–United States border
- Glaciers of Alaska
- Glaciers of British Columbia
- Glaciers of Haines Borough, Alaska
- Saint Elias Mountains
- British Columbia geography stubs
- Southeast Alaska geography stubs
- Alaska glacier stubs
- Canada glacier stubs