Information About

Whittier Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 45' 15.001" N,
148 ° 40' 59.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Elevation

2028 ft (618.13 m)

Whittier Glacier in Detail.

About

on NE end of Kenai Peninsula, trends NE to its terminus, 1 mi. S of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Named and published in 1915 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for the American poet John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-92.

Topo Maps

Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-5 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward D-5 SE (1984), Seward D-5 (1995),
Places Near Whittier Glacier
Bays:

Blackstone Bay, Emerald Bay, Hollow Bight, Passage Canal, Poe Bay, Shotgun Cove, Smitty's Cove, Squirrel Cove,

Capes:

Bur Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Squirrel Point, Trinity Point,

Cities:

Whittier,

Glaciers:

Beloit Glacier, Billings Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Burns Glacier, Byron Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Glacier G211107E60948N, Glacier G211110E60758N, Glacier G211176E60873N, Glacier G211226E60788N, Glacier G211235E60779N, Glacier G211254E60750N, Glacier G211360E60891N, Harriman Glacier, Lawrence Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Milton Glacier, Northland Glacier, Pigot Glacier, Portage Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Seth Glacier, Shakespeare Glacier, Skookum Glacier, Taylor Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Twentymile Glacier, Whittier Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island, Willard Island,

Lakes:

Carmen Lake, Divide Lake, Portage Lake,

Mine:

Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Baird Peak, Bard Peak, Begich Peak, Boggs Peak, Byron Peak, Carpathian Peak, Mount Luther Kelly, Maynard Mountain, Shakespeare Shoulder,

Parks:

Decision Point State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Portage Pass,

Peaks:

Learnard Peak, Lowell Peak, Mismapped Mountain, Passage Peak, Pico España, Portage Peak, Roost,

Rivers:

South Fork Upper Carmen River, Upper Carmen River,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Cove Creek, Placer Creek, Whittier Creek, Whittier Creek,

Routes:

Byron Glacier Trail, Portage Pass Trail,

Valleys:

Bear Valley,