Information About

Ultramarine Glacier

Ultramarine Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 4 mi (6.44 km)
Elevation:
  • 738 ft (224.94 m)
About

on E side of Kenai Peninsula, heads in Sargent Icefield, trends NE to its terminus, 1 mi. SW of head of Blue Fiourd, 14 mi. NW of Chenega, Chugach Mts.

History of Ultramarine Glacier

So named in 1908 by Grant (Grant and Higgins, 1913, p. 45), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of the clear blue color of the ice near its end ***."