Information About

Kings Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kings Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 26' 6" N,
148 ° 36' 16.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

2.5 mi (4.02 km)

Elevation

1539 ft (469.09 m)

Kings Glacier in Detail.

About

heads in Sargent Icefield, trends W 2.5 mi. to its terminus, 2.5 mi. E of Kings Bay, 24 mi. S of Whittier; Chugach Mts.

History

named in 1908 by U.S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for a prospector who lived at the mouth of Kings River.

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 Kings Glacier
Bays:

Greystone Bay, Kings Bay, Shady Cove, West Finger Inlet,

Capes:

Coxcomb Point, Kings Point,

Glaciers:

Applegate Glacier, Beloit Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Chenega Glacier, Claremont Glacier, Contact Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Falling Glacier, Kings Glacier, Langdon Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Princeton Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Sargent Ice Field, Sargent Icefield, Taylor Glacier, Tigertail Glacier,

Mountains:

Crown Peak,

Rivers:

Kings River, Nellie Juan River,