Information About

Northland Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Northland Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 40' 17" N,
148 ° 43' 35" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

5.5 mi (8.85 km)

Elevation

1230 ft (374.9 m)

Northland Glacier in Detail.

About

heads in Kenai Mts., trends NE to its terminus, 6 mi. S of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1910 by Lawrence Martin, for Northland College, Ashland, Wis.

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 Northland Glacier
Bays:

Blackstone Bay, Emerald Bay, Kings Bay, Passage Canal, Shotgun Cove, Smitty's Cove,

Capes:

Bur Point, Gradual Point, Kings Point, Neptune Point, Trinity Point,

Cities:

Whittier,

Glaciers:

Applegate Glacier, Beloit Glacier, Billings Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Burns Glacier, Byron Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Claremont Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Explorer Glacier, Falling Glacier, Glacier G211110E60758N, Glacier G211176E60873N, Glacier G211226E60788N, Glacier G211235E60779N, Glacier G211254E60750N, Lawrence Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Milton Glacier, Northland Glacier, Portage Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Seth Glacier, Shakespeare Glacier, Skookum Glacier, Spencer Glacier, Taylor Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Whittier Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island, Willard Island,

Lakes:

Airstrip Pond, Divide Lake, Portage Lake,

Mine:

Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Baird Peak, Bard Peak, Begich Peak, Boggs Peak, Byron Peak, Carpathian Peak, Mount Luther Kelly, Maynard Mountain, Shakespeare Shoulder,

Mountain Passes:

Portage Pass,

Peaks:

Explorer Peak, Learnard Peak, Lowell Peak, Portage Peak, Roost,

Rivers:

South Fork Upper Carmen River,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Cove Creek, Placer Creek, Whittier Creek, Whittier Creek,

Routes:

Byron Glacier Trail, Portage Pass Trail, Trail of Blue Ice,

Valleys:

Bear Valley,