Information About

Hook Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City:

Newhalen

Length:

7.5 mi (12.07 km)

Elevation:

2208 ft (673 m)

About

heads on ridge between Devils Desk and Mount Denison, trends NW to its 1951 central terminus at head of Savonoski River, on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 25 mi. NE of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range. 7.5 miles long.

History of Hook Glacier

So named in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for "the hook-shaped ice-free area between the glacier arms."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mt Katmai (1948), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt. Katmai B-2 (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mount Katmai B-2 (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mount Katmai B-2 (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951),

Places Near Hook Glacier

Bays:

Kukak Bay,

Glaciers:

Hallo Glacier, Hook Glacier, Serpent Tongue Glacier,

Islands:

Aguchik Island,

Mountains:

Mount Denison, Devils Desk, Kukak Volcano, Mount Steller,