Information About

Ted Stevens Icefield

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 19' 59.999" N,
146 ° 49' 59.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Elevation

4888 ft (1489.86 m)

Ted Stevens Icefield in Detail.

About

Located in Chugach National Forest; comprising approximately 8,340 square miles; includes Harvard Glacier, Yale Glacier, Columbia Glacier, Nelchina Glacier, Tazlina Glacier, Valdez Glacier, and Shoup Glacier.

History

Named by the 111th Congress, and signed into law by President Obama, October 18th, 2010, "To designate a mountain and icefield in the State of Alaska as the 'Mount Stevens' and 'Ted Stevens Icefield', respectively." Named in honor of Theodore 'Ted' Fulton Stevens (1923-2010), United States Senator representing Alaska from 1968 to 2009.

Topo Maps

Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez B-8 (1960), Valdez B-8 (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez B-8 SW (2016),

Places Near Ted Stevens Icefield

Glaciers:

Anderson Glacier, Columbia Glacier, East Branch Columbia Glacier (not official), Science Glacier, Ted Stevens Icefield, Westbrook Glacier,

Lakes:

Boreas Lake, Lake Number 1, Lake Number One,

Mountains:

Audubon Mountain, Brontosaurus Mountain, Mount Cameron, Mount Fafnir, Flandreau Mountain, Flat Top Peak, Mount Haley, Mount Langmuir, Madean Peak, Pandora Peak, Pilot Peak, Mount Powder Top, Sharkstooth Mountain, Mount Siegfried, Tazcol Peak, Tazlina Tower,

Mountain Passes:

Anderson Pass,

Peaks:

Mount Rachel Carson,

Ridges:

Divider Mountain,

Streams:

Big Creek, Johnson Creek,