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Mount Albert Edward · 2,093 m · 15 km NNW
Glacier · British Columbia

Comox Glacier

1,935 m6,348 ft
Area
0.96 km²
Lowest point
1,586 m
Tonight
-5°CLight snow · Wind 6 km/h S

Comox Glacier in British Columbia, Canada covers 0.96 km² and spans 1,586–1,935 m above sea level.

All facts
Highest point
1,935 m
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Glacier

Comox Glacier: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

14°Top 1,935 m349 m≈1.4 kmTerminus 1,586 m
Vertical range
349 m
Mean slope
14°
Faces
northeastmostly shaded
3D map

Comox Glacier 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 3 × 3 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Comox Glacier terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Comox Glacier elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Comox Glacier weather

Today · Light snow at night · -5 / 1°C (23 / 34°F) · 3.8 mm · Wind 6 km/h S

Comox Glacier forecast for about 1,935 m.

  • Today-5°1°3.8 mm6 km/h S
  • Sat-6°-6°30.3 mm10 km/h NE
  • Sun-5°-3°9.4 mm10 km/h NE
  • Mon-5°0°0.6 mm2 km/h NW
  • Tue-6°-1°3.8 mm4 km/h NW
  • Wed-9°-4°0.4 mm4 km/h SW
  • Thu-9°-3°0.1 mm5 km/h NE
  • Fri-10°-4°0.1 mm3 km/h NW
  • Sat-6°-5°28.4 mm1 km/h S
  • Sun-4°-3°33.5 mm5 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Comox Glacier

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Comox Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Frog Ponds Camp

    2.3 km SE · +1 more within 3.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Comox Glacier Trailhead

    3.6 km E

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Frog Ponds CampCampsite2.3 km SE
Campsite3.4 km ESE
Comox Glacier TrailheadTrailhead3.6 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 3 × 3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
16.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
26.5%
Steep, 30–45°
35.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
21.8%
Steeper than 30°
56.8% of the 9 km² view
Relief in view
1,013 m low point 937 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 35.7%Snow & ice 21.5%Grassland 19.2%Trees 13.3%Moss & lichen 6.9%Water 3.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 1.5 km; 17 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Lewis' monkeyflower3
  • Giant red paintbrush2
  • Clavate-fruit Willowherb2
  • Tolmie's Saxifrage2
  • American Alpine Lady Fern2
  • White-tailed Ptarmigan1
Where it sits

Where Comox Glacier sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Insular Mountains10Vancouver Island Ranges10
Region
British Columbia115Canada331North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Vancouver Island Ranges 6
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Downloads

Comox Glacier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-05)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia