Information About

Crater Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 14' 53.999" N,
152 ° 15' 24.001" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Kenai

Elevation

3747 ft (1142.09 m)

Crater Glacier in Detail.

About

Heads on the W slope of Crater Peak, 3 km (1.9 mi) S of Mount Spurr, in the Tordrillo Mountains in the Alaska Range. Trends SSE to its 1958 terminus 1.6 km (1 mi) N of the Chakachatna River and 61 km (38 mi) WNW of Tyonek.

History

Named in association with Crater Peak, which was named by S. R. Capps and R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "when they discovered and mapped the crater-like peak in 1927". (AK-T1/p245)

Topo Maps

Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1951), Tyonek A-7 (1958), Tyonek A-7 (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek A-7 NE (2016),

Places Near Crater Glacier

Basins:

East Torbert Cirque, West Torbert Cirque,

Glaciers:

Barrier Glacier, Ch-atanalch-elt Li-a, Crater Glacier, Kidazqeni Glacier, McArthur Glacier, Pothole Glacier, Spurr Ice Plateau,

Mountains:

Ch-akajabena Mountain, Mount Chichantna, Crater Peak, Mount Nagishlamina, The Rowel, Mount Spurr, Mount Torbert,

Mountain Ranges:

Tordrillo Mountains,

Rivers:

Nagishlamina River,