Information About

Skilak Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 14' 6" N,
150 ° 4' 43" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Cooper Landing

Length

9 mi (14.48 km)

Elevation

2431 ft (740.97 m)

Skilak Glacier in Detail.

About

in Kenai Mts., on Kenai Peninsula, trends N from Harding Icefield to its 1950 terminus at head of Skilak River, 46 mi. ESE of Kenai, Chugach Mts.

History

Local name reported about 1911 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Martin, G.C., and others, 1915, pl. 2).