Information About

Contact Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 28' 13.001" N,
148 ° 26' 31.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Elevation

1014 ft (309.07 m)

Contact Glacier in Detail.

About

on E side of Kenai Peninsula, heads in Sargent Ice Field, trends N to its terminus, 1 mi. SW of Head of Deep Water Bay, 22 mi. SE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 2 miles long.

History

Named in 1910 by U.S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because it covers contact between granite and sediments."

Topo Maps

Seward B-4 (1951), Seward B-4 (1951), Seward B-4 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward B-4 (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 B-4 (1994),
Places Near Contact Glacier
Bays:

Port Nellie Juan, Blue Fiord, Deep Water Bay, Derickson Bay, East Finger Inlet, Gaamaak Cove, Greystone Bay, Kings Bay, Nassau Fiord, Shady Cove, West Finger Inlet,

Capes:

Coxcomb Point, Division Point, Kings Point,

Channels:

Culross Passage,

Glaciers:

Applegate Glacier, Contact Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Falling Glacier, Kings Glacier, Langdon Glacier, Lawrence Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Nellie Juan Glacier, Princeton Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Sargent Ice Field, Sargent Icefield, Taylor Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Ultramarine Glacier,

Islands:

Mink Island, Procession Rocks,

Lakes:

Lake Jack, Jackpot Lakes, Lake Shrode,

Mountains:

Jackpot Peak,

Streams:

Grant Creek, Jackpot Creek,