Information About

Ripon Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Ripon Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 40' 50.999" N,
148 ° 35' 46" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

1.5 mi (2.41 km)

Elevation

932 ft (284.07 m)

Ripon Glacier in Detail.

About

on E side of Kenai Peninsula, trends NW to its terminus, 6 mi. SE of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1910 by Lawrence Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Ripon College, Ripon, Wisc.

Ripon Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Ripon Glacier.

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 Ripon Glacier
Bays:

Blackstone Bay, Deep Water Bay, Emerald Bay, Greystone Bay, Hollow Bight, Kings Bay, Logging Camp Bay, Passage Canal, Poe Bay, Shady Cove, Shotgun Cove, Smitty's Cove, Squirrel Cove, West Finger Inlet,

Capes:

Blackstone Point, Bur Point, Coxcomb Point, Decision Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Slope Point, Squirrel Point, Strong Point, Trinity Point,

Cities:

Whittier,

Glaciers:

Beloit Glacier, Billings Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Burns Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Claremont Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Contact Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Falling Glacier, Glacier G211226E60788N, Glacier G211235E60779N, Glacier G211254E60750N, Glacier G211360E60891N, Lawrence Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Milton Glacier, Northland Glacier, Portage Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Seth Glacier, Shakespeare Glacier, Taylor Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Whittier Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island, Willard Island,

Lakes:

Divide Lake, Portage Lake,

Mine:

Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Baird Peak, Bard Peak, Boggs Peak, Mount Luther Kelly, Maynard Mountain, Pigot Benchmark, Shakespeare Shoulder,

Parks:

Decision Point State Marine Park, Surprise Cove State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Portage Pass,

Peaks:

Learnard Peak, Lowell Peak, Pico España,

Rivers:

South Fork Upper Carmen River,

Streams:

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

Routes:

Portage Pass Trail,