Information About

Spencer Glacier

Spencer Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kenai Peninsula
Nearest City:
Tributary to:
Length:
  • 11 mi (17.7 km)
Elevation:
  • 2234 ft (680.92 m)
Fatalities:
  • 2
About

heads in Kenai Mts., 6 mi. S of Carpathian Peak, and trends NW to S end of Placer River Valley, 20 mi. SE of Sunrise, Chugach Mts.

History of Spencer Glacier

Named in 1909 by U. S. Grant and D. F. Higgins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for a Mr. Spencer, paymaster of the Alaska Central RR., who fell in a crevasse in the glacier in 1906 and whose body was never recovered.

Fatalities
May 10, 20081 person died snowmachining Read More
January 1, 19521 person died hiking Read More

Spencer Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Spencer Glacier.