Reid Glacier is an 11 mile long glacier in Alaska. It heads 2 miles SW of [Contact Nunatak], trends north to Reid Inlet, 2 miles south of Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 72 miles NW of Hoonah. Named by members of the Harriman Expedition in 1899 for Harry Fielding Reid. Aletsch glacier, Switzerland A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq. ... Riggs Glacier, 1992 Glacier Bay is a bay in southeastern Alaska. ... Hoonah is a city located in Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska. ... Harry Fielding Reid, (1859- ), was an American geologist, born in Baltimore, and educated at the Pennsylvania Military Academy (C.E., 1876) and at Johns Hopkins (A.B., 1880; Ph. ...