Information About

Exit Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Exit Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 10' 34.572" N,
149 ° 40' 4.62" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Seward

Tributary to

Exit Glacier Creek

Length

3 mi (4.83 km)

Elevation

407 ft (124.05 m)

Exit Glacier in Detail.

About

In Kenai Fjords National Park, heads in the Harding Ice Field and trends ENE to an unnamed tributary of the Resurrection River 14.5 km (9 mi) NW of Seward.

History

So named because it is the location of the "exit" of the first recorded party to cross the Harding Ice Field in 1968.

Exit Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Exit Glacier.

Topo Maps

Seward A-8 (1950), Seward A-8 (1951), Seward A-8 (1951), Seward A-8 (1951), Seward A-8 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward A-8 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959),
Places Near Exit Glacier
Capes:

Race Point,

Glaciers:

Aialik Glacier, Bear Glacier, Exit Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Skee Glacier,

Lakes:

Kenai Lake, Rainbow Lake, Upper Russian Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Adair, Mount Ascension, Bear Mountain, Mount Benson, Callisto Peak, Cooper Mountain, Marathon Mountain, Noel Hanson Mountain, Phoenix Peak, Sleeping Sister Mountain,

Peaks:

Foundary Peak, Mount Kenny Baker, Lowell Peak,

Ridges:

Resurrection Peaks,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Exit Glacier Creek, Martin Creek, Moose Creek, Paradise Creek, Placer Creek, Redman Creek, Ship Creek, Summit Creek,

Routes:

Cooper Lake Trail (historical), Exit Glacier Trail, Harding Icefield Trail, Resurrection River Trail,