Information About

West Fork Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map West Fork Glacier on The Map

Location

61 ° 39' 6.001" N,
142 ° 42' 34.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

3839 ft (1170.13 m)

West Fork Glacier in Detail.

About

trends SE to its terminus at head of West Fork Nizina River, 8 mi. NE of McCarthy, Wrangell Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1902 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Mendenhall and Schrader, 1903, pl. 9).