Information About

Chitina Glacier

Chitina Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 29 mi (46.67 km)
Elevation:
  • 3287 ft (1001.88 m)
About

Heads in Canada, west of Mount Steele at about 610500N1403000W, trends west 29 miles to its terminus in Alaska at head of Chitina River, 121 miles northwest NW of Yakutat; St. Elias Mountains. (AK-T1) Heads in Canada, north of Mount Lucania and flows west to merge with Logan Glacier.

History of Chitina Glacier

Named by the International Boundary Commission (IBC) survey crew in 1912-13 and published in 1916 on Sheet 35. (AK-T1)