Information About

Northwestern Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 49' 31.001" N,
150 ° 3' 18" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Length

5.5 mi (8.85 km)

Elevation

958 ft (292 m)

Northwestern Glacier in Detail.

About

Heads in the Kenai Mountains, trends S to the head of Northwestern Fior, 8 km (5 mi) E of McCarty Glacier, 55 mi. NE of Homer, Chugach Mts.

History

Named about 1909 by U.S.Grant (U.S. Geological Survey), for Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill (in Books and others, 1910, pl. 3).

Topo Maps

Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia D-1 (1951), Seldovia D-1 (1953), Seldovia D-1 (1953), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia D-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Northwestern Glacier

Cities:

Bays:

Cup Cove, Harris Bay, Northwestern Fiord, Northwestern Lagoon, Paguna Arm, Sandy Bay,

Capes:

Harris Peninsula, Harris Point, Surok Point,

Glaciers:

Glacier G210103E59831N, Glacier G210154E59811N, Glacier G210165E59785N, Harding Icefield, Holgate Glacier, McCarty Glacier, Northwestern Glacier, Ogive Glacier,

Parks:

Kenai Fjords National Park,