Information About

Wedge Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Wedge Glacier on The Map

Location

60 ° 57' 38.999" N,
148 ° 23' 22.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

1 mi (1.61 km)

Elevation

1663 ft (506.88 m)

Wedge Glacier in Detail.

About

trends NW to its terminus, 1.5 mi. E of head of Harriman Fiord, 18 mi. NE of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Descriptive name given in 1899 by the members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition; probably named because the glacier trends down a progressively narrowing valley.