Information About

Sunset Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Sunset Glacier on The Map

Location

63 ° 20' 6" N,
150 ° 13' 4.001" W

Region

Denali

Nearest City

Talkeetna

Length

5 mi (8.05 km)

Elevation

4862 ft (1481.94 m)

Sunset Glacier in Detail.

About

in Mount McKinley National Park, trends NW from Scott Peak to its 1954 terminus at head of Thorofare River, Alaska Range

History

Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1932. "This name was suggested as being appropriate in view of the fact that sunrise is the name of the glacier on the west fork (eastfork) of the Thorofare River" (Sunrise Creek).