Miles Glacier
![Southern portion Copper River showing the location of Miles Glacier](/Images/godic/202501/27/Copper_River1203.PNG")
Miles Glacier is a 30 miles (48 km)-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows west to its terminus at Miles Lake (Alaska), 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Goat Mountain and 33 miles (53 km) north of Katalla. It was named in 1885 after U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles by a Lt. Allen during his Alaska expedition.