Description
Davidson Glacier is located heads on E slope of Chilkat Range at 5901N, 13533W, trends E 4.6 mi. to its terminus, (1954), 1.4 mi. SW of Glacier Point on Chilkat Inlet, 26 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts. 4.6 miles long.
History
Named in 1867 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for George Davidson, 1825-1911, and published in the 1869 Coast Pilot (p. 106). The Indian name was reported as Ssitkaje by Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map).