Information About

Sunset Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 20' 6" N,
150 ° 13' 4.001" W

Region

Denali

Nearest City

Talkeetna

Length

5 mi (8.05 km)

Elevation

4862 ft (1481.94 m)

Sunset Glacier in Detail.

About

in Mount McKinley National Park, trends NW from Scott Peak to its 1954 terminus at head of Thorofare River, Alaska Range

History

Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1932. "This name was suggested as being appropriate in view of the fact that sunrise is the name of the glacier on the west fork (eastfork) of the Thorofare River" (Sunrise Creek).

Topo Maps

Mount McKinley B-1 (1952), Mount McKinley (1952), Mount McKinley (1952), Mount McKinley (1952), Mount McKinley (1952), Mount McKinley B-1 (1954), Mount McKinley B-1 (1954), Mount McKinley B-1 (1954), Mount McKinley B-1 (1954), Mt McKinley (1958), Mount McKinley (1958), Mount McKinley (1958), Mount McKinley (1969), Denali B-1 SE (2016),

Places Near Sunset Glacier

Capes:

Green Point,

Glaciers:

Sunrise Glacier, Sunset Glacier, West Fork Glacier,

Lakes:

Bergh Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Castle Rock, Mount Eielson, Mount Eldridge, Mount Galen, Gravel Mountain, Green Dome, Red Mountain, Scott Peak, Stony Hill, Sunset Peak,

Mountain Passes:

The Notch, Anderson Pass, Highway Pass, Thorofare Pass,

Ridges:

Copper Mountain Bar,

Streams:

Camp Creek, Contact Creek, Crystal Creek, Fault Creek, Glacier Creek, Gorge Creek, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Intermittent Creek, Little Stony Creek, Sunrise Creek, Whistler Creek, Wolverine Creek,

Cities:

Toklat,