Information About

Whittier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 46' 23" N,
148 ° 41' 2" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Elevation

33 ft (10.06 m)

Uses

Whittier in Detail.

About

population 809, on NE end of Kenai Peninsula, at head of Passage Canal, 28 mi. SE of Sunrise and 50 mi. SE of Anchorage, Chugach Mts.

History

Port and RR terminus established during World War II. The name derived from nearby Whittier Glacier was reported in 1943 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The population in 1950 was 629. A post office was established here in 1946 and was discontinued in 1961 (Ricks, 1965, p. 71).

Topo Maps

Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (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), Seward D-5 SE (1984), Seward D-5 (1995),
Places Near Whittier
Bays:

Blackstone Bay, Emerald Bay, Hollow Bight, Passage Canal, Poe Bay, Shotgun Cove, Squirrel Cove,

Capes:

Bur Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Squirrel Point, Trinity Point,

Cities:

Whittier,

Glaciers:

Beloit Glacier, Billings Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Burns Glacier, Byron Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Harriman Glacier, Lawrence Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Milton Glacier, Northland Glacier, Pigot Glacier, Portage Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Seth Glacier, Shakespeare Glacier, Skookum Glacier, Taylor Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Twentymile Glacier, Whittier Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island, Willard Island,

Lakes:

Carmen Lake, Divide Lake, Portage Lake,

Mountains:

Baird Peak, Bard Peak, Begich Peak, Boggs Peak, Byron Peak, Carpathian Peak, Mount Luther Kelly, Maynard Mountain, Shakespeare Shoulder,

Parks:

Decision Point State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Portage Pass,

Peaks:

Lowell Peak, Mismapped Mountain, Passage Peak, Pico España, Portage Peak, Vigesimal Peak,

Rivers:

South Fork Upper Carmen River, Upper Carmen River,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Cove Creek, Placer Creek, Whittier Creek, Whittier Creek,

Valleys:

Bear Valley,