Information About

Rendu Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Rendu Glacier on The Map

Location

59 ° 5' 29" N,
136 ° 50' 52.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Length

14 mi (22.53 km)

Elevation

2641 ft (804.98 m)

Rendu Glacier in Detail.

About

heads in British Columbia at 591300N1370000W, trends SE to its terminus at head of Rendu Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 58 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by H. F. Reid (1896, pl. 90 and p. 431), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for a French Glaciologist. It was called "Charpentier Glacier" by the Canadian Boundary Commission.

Rendu Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Rendu Glacier.

Topo Maps

Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway A-5 (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway A-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Rendu Glacier
Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet, Rendu Inlet, Tarr Inlet,

Capes:

Confusion Point, Ibach Point, Jaw Point,

Glaciers:

Carroll Glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier, Rendu Glacier, Romer Glacier,

Islands:

Russell Island,

Mountains:

Mount Abdallah, Mount Barnard, Boundary Peak 158, Boundary Peak 159,

Streams:

Ptarmigan Creek,