Information About

Rendu Glacier

Rendu Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 14 mi (22.53 km)
Elevation:
  • 2641 ft (804.98 m)
About

heads in British Columbia at 591300N1370000W, trends SE to its terminus at head of Rendu Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 58 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.

History of Rendu Glacier

Named by H. F. Reid (1896, pl. 90 and p. 431), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for a French Glaciologist. It was called "Charpentier Glacier" by the Canadian Boundary Commission.

Rendu Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Rendu Glacier.