Description
Meares Glacier is located heads between Aspero Peak and Mount Michelson, trends SW to Unakwik Inlet, 42 mi. W of Valdez, Chugach Mts.
History
Named in 1909 by U. S. Grant and D. F. Higgins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Captain John Meares, 1756-1809, British naval officer, explorer, and trader. Captain Meares, while on a trading expedition aboard the English vessel Nootka, spent the winter of 1786-87 in Prince William Sound.