Information About

Surprise Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 0' 54" N,
148 ° 31' 23.002" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Elevation

2871 ft (875.08 m)

Surprise Glacier in Detail.

About

Trends NE to its trminal end at Surprise Inlet, W of of Harriman Fiord, 51 mi ESE of Anchorage, Chugach Mts.

History

Named by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-5 (1960), Anchorage A-5 (1960), Anchorage A-5 (1960), Anchorage A-5 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-5 SE (2016),

Places Near Surprise Glacier

Bays:

Emerald Bay, Entry Cove, Harriman Fiord, Hollow Bight, Logging Camp Bay, Passage Canal, Pigot Bay, Poe Bay, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Inlet, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

Point Pigot, Bur Point, Decision Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Slope Point, Squirrel Point, Trinity Point,

Glaciers:

Baker Glacier, Bettles Glacier, Billings Glacier, Cataract Glacier, Detached Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Glacier G211360E60891N, Harriman Glacier, Lake George Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Penniman Glaciers, Pigot Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Seth Glacier, Stairway Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Twentymile Glacier, Wedge Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island,

Lakes:

Mine:

Lansing Mine, Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Luther Kelly, Mount Muir, Pigot Benchmark, Wedding Knoll,

Parks:

Bettles Bay State Marine Park, Decision Point State Marine Park, Entry Cove State Marine Park, Ziegler Cove State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Learnard Peak, Lowell Peak, Mismapped Mountain, Passage Peak, Pico EspaÃ±a, Vigesimal Peak,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Hummer Creek,