Information About

Falling Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Falling Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 29' 3.998" N,
148 ° 32' 49.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

3 mi (4.83 km)

Elevation

997 ft (303.89 m)

Falling Glacier in Detail.

About

heads at NW end of Sargent Ice Field, trends NW to E side of Kings Bay, 20 mi. S of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 3 miles long.

History

So named in 1910 by U. S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because of its "falling" appearance.

Topo Maps

Seward B-5 (1951), Seward B-5 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward B-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 B-5 (1996),
Places Near Falling Glacier
Bays:

Deep Water Bay, Derickson Bay, East Finger Inlet, Greystone Bay, Kings Bay, Shady Cove, West Finger Inlet,

Capes:

Coxcomb Point, Kings Point,

Glaciers:

Applegate Glacier, Beloit Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Claremont Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Contact Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Falling Glacier, Kings Glacier, Langdon Glacier, Lawrence Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Milton Glacier, Nellie Juan Glacier, Northland Glacier, Princeton Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Sargent Ice Field, Sargent Icefield, Taylor Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier,

Rivers:

Kings River, Nellie Juan River,

Streams:

Grant Creek, Whittier Creek,