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 Jarvis Glacier.[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 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
  1. "The Province of British Columbia - GeoBC entry "Tsirku Glacier"". apps.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tsirku Glacier


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