Description

Saksaia Glacier is located heads on Flower Mtn., trends N to head of Glacier Creek, 3.6 mi. NE of Mount Henry Clay and 38 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.

History

Tlingit Indian name reported by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) as "Saxaeja (Gletscher)." J. A. Flemer, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) reported the name in 1898 as Sachsaiya.

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