60 ° 43' 59.002" N,
148 ° 44' 40.999" W
Kenai Peninsula
3 mi (4.83 km)
1801 ft (548.94 m)
From Anchorage head down the Seward Highway, go around 40 miles and turn left on to Portage Glacier Rd. The turn will be just past the train station as the highway makes a wide sweeping hook to the right. Head to Portage Lake. From Portage Lake the easiest way to get down the lake would be by boat.
heads in Kenai Mts., trends NW to Portage Glacier, 4 mi. SW of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 3 miles long.
Burns Glacier is a fair sized glacier the flows in a straight northwesterly direction, towards Portage Lake.
Named in 1915 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "in honor of Robert Burns, the poet."
Naming: Burns Glacier was named in 1915 bu USC&GS, "in honor of Robert Burns, the poet." Just as the next glacier to the north, Shakespeare Glacier, was name after William Shakespeare.
Pictures of, from, or near Burns Glacier.
Blackstone Bay, Emerald Bay, Kings Bay, Shotgun Cove, Smitty's Cove,
Capes:Bur Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Trinity Point,
Cities:Glaciers:Beloit Glacier, Billings Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Burns Glacier, Byron Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Explorer Glacier, Glacier G211071E60936N, Glacier G211071E60936N, Glacier G211107E60948N, Glacier G211110E60758N, Glacier G211176E60873N, Glacier G211226E60788N, Glacier G211235E60779N, Glacier G211254E60750N, Glacier G211360E60891N, Lawrence Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Milton Glacier, Northland Glacier, Portage Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Seth Glacier, Shakespeare Glacier, Skookum Glacier, Spencer Glacier, Taylor Glacier, Trail Glacier, Whittier Glacier,
Islands:Emerald Island, Willard Island,
Lakes:Airstrip Pond, Alder Pond, Carmen Lake, Divide Lake, Portage Lake,
Mine:Mountains:Baird Peak, Bard Peak, Begich Peak, Boggs Peak, Byron Peak, Carpathian Peak, Kinnikinnick Mountain, Mount Luther Kelly, Maynard Mountain, Shakespeare Shoulder,
Mountain Passes:Peaks:Explorer Peak, Learnard Peak, Lowell Peak, Passage Peak, Pico España, Portage Peak, Roost,
Rivers:Glacier River, 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, Trail of Blue Ice,
Valleys: