Information About

Susitna Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Susitna Glacier on The Map

Location

63 ° 30' 38.002" N,
147 ° 1' 27.998" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

North Pole

Length

22 mi (35.41 km)

Elevation

3366 ft (1025.96 m)

Susitna Glacier in Detail.

About

Heads at 632900N1463500W, trends SW to its 1956 terminus, at the junction of East Fork Susitna and Susitna Rivers, 64 miles southeast of healy, Alaska Range.(AK-T1)

History

Reported in 1910 by DC Witherspoon (in Moffit, 1912,pl 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); named for the river. (AK-T1)