Information About

Gulkana Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Gulkana Glacier on The Map

Location

63 ° 16' 7" N,
145 ° 25' 17" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Length

6 mi (9.66 km)

Elevation

4711 ft (1435.91 m)

Gulkana Glacier in Detail.

About

heads on Icefall Peak, trends SW to its 1950 terminus at head of Gulkana River, 14 mi. N of Paxson, Alaska Range. 6 miles long.

History

Local name shown on 1910 fieldsheet by C. E. Giffin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Gulkana Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Gulkana Glacier.

Topo Maps

Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes B-3 (1955), Mount Hayes B-3 (1955), Mount Hayes B-3 (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes B-3 SW (2016),
Places Near Gulkana Glacier
Glaciers:

Broken Glacier, Canwell Glacier, Castner Glacier, College Glacier, Eel Glacier, Gabriel Icefall, Gerstle Glacier, Gulkana Glacier, McCallum Glacier, Moore Icefall, Pegmatite Glacier, West Gulkana Glacier,

Lakes:

Crystal Lakes, Gunn Lakes, Lower Fish Lake, Otter Lake, Oxbow Lake, Rock Lake, Sevenmile Lake, Summit Lake, Swampy Lakes, Upper Fish Lake,

Mountains:

Black Cap, Cony Mountain, The Hoodoos, Icefall Peak, Institute Peak, M-Ladies Mountain, Minya Peak, Ogive Mountain, Old Snowy, Rainbow Mountain, Sight Peak, Skull Peak, Snow White, Traingle Peak, Tusac, White Princess,

Mountain Passes:

Isabel Pass,

Streams:

College Creek, Fish Creek, Gunn Creek, West Phelan Creek,

Routes:

Gulkana Glacier Trail, Trans-Alaska Trail - Paxson to Summit Lake, Trans-Alaska Trail - Summit Lake to Black Rapids,

Cities:

Paxson,