Davidson Glacier

{{Short description|Glacier in Alaska, United States}} {{for|the glacier in Antarctica|Davidson Glacier (Antarctica)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox glacier | name = Davidson Glacier | image = Davidson Glacier1994 2008.jpg | caption = | type = Valley glacier | location = Haines Borough, Alaska, U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|59|04|54|N|135|28|21|W|type:glacier_scale:100000|display=inline,title}} | area = 4.6 miles (7.4 km) | length = | thickness = | terminus = Moraine/lake | status = Retreating | map = Alaska | label_position = top | map_caption = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 10 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }} The '''Davidson Glacier''' is a large valley glacier near Haines, Alaska that finds its source in the Chilkat Range.

==History== The Davidson Glacier was named in 1867 for George Davidson. Its Indian name{{Which?|date=October 2023}} is Ssitkaje.<ref>{{GNIS|1421367}} Retrieved April 17, 2007.</ref> It was recounted by John Muir in his famous travels in and around Glacier Bay in 1879. The glacier was, at that time, a glacier that nearly reached tidewater.<ref>(Wilderness Essays, The Alaska Trip (pg 60) John Muir).</ref> It has since receded into the mountains, becoming a valley glacier, and created its very own glacial lake in the glacier's moraine (similar to the Mendenhall Glacier and lake) about one mile inland from the Chilkat Inlet.

==Current status== Currently, the Davidson Glacier serves as a tourist attraction for Haines and Skagway.

thumb|Davidson Glacier, 2017 thumb|Davidson Glacier, 2011

==See also== *List of glaciers *Mount Rifenburgh

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==External links== *{{Gnis|1421367}}

Category:Glaciers of Alaska Category:Glaciers of Haines Borough, Alaska Category:Tourist attractions in Haines Borough, Alaska