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Claremont Glacier

Claremont Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kenai Peninsula
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 4 mi (6.44 km)
Elevation:
  • 2149 ft (655.02 m)
About

on Kenai Peninsula, terminates 1 mi. W of Kings Bay and 18 mi. S of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History of Claremont Glacier

Named in 1910 by U.S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Robert Fulton's Clarmont (which Grant misspelled), which made the first practical steamboat trip on the Hudson River from New York to Albany in 1807.