Information About

Chitina Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 0' 15.001" N,
141 ° 15' 27" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Length

29 mi (46.67 km)

Elevation

3287 ft (1001.88 m)

Chitina Glacier in Detail.

About

Heads in Canada, west of Mount Steele at about 610500N1403000W, trends west 29 miles to its terminus in Alaska at head of Chitina River, 121 miles northwest NW of Yakutat; St. Elias Mountains. (AK-T1) Heads in Canada, north of Mount Lucania and flows west to merge with Logan Glacier.

History

Named by the International Boundary Commission (IBC) survey crew in 1912-13 and published in 1916 on Sheet 35. (AK-T1)

Topo Maps

McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy A-1 (1959), McCarthy A-1 (1959), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy A-1 SW (2017),

Places Near Chitina Glacier

Glaciers:

Anderson Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Chitina Glacier, Ewe Glacier, Lamb Glacier, Logan Glacier, Ram Glacier, Tittmann Glacier, Walsh Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Anderson, Mount Chitina, Mount Tittmann,

Peaks:

Mount Donna, Tittman, Mount Tushman, Wetterhorn,