Information About

Claremont Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Claremont Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 30' 37.001" N,
148 ° 42' 38.002" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

4 mi (6.44 km)

Elevation

2149 ft (655.02 m)

Claremont Glacier in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula, terminates 1 mi. W of Kings Bay and 18 mi. S of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1910 by U.S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Robert Fulton's Clarmont (which Grant misspelled), which made the first practical steamboat trip on the Hudson River from New York to Albany in 1807.

Topo Maps

Seward C-5 (1951), Seward C-5 (1951), Seward C-5 (1951), Seward C-5 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward C-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),
Places Near Claremont Glacier
Bays:

Kings Bay,

Capes:

Kings Point,

Glaciers:

Applegate Glacier, Beloit Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Claremont Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Falling Glacier, Kings Glacier, Langdon Glacier, Lawrence Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Milton Glacier, Northland Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Sargent Ice Field, Spencer Glacier, Taylor Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Wolverine Glacier,

Islands:

Willard Island,

Mountains:

Carpathian Peak, Crown Peak,

Rivers:

Kings River, Nellie Juan River,

Streams:

Whittier Creek, Wolverine Creek,