Information About

Serpent Tongue Glacier

Quick Facts

Region:

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City:

Newhalen

Elevation:

2434 ft (741.88 m)

About

on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, heads on ridge, between Mount Denison and Snowy Mtn., trends NW to its 1951 terminus at head of Rainbow River, 18 mi. NE of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range

History of Serpent Tongue Glacier

Descriptive name given in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of its forked outline."

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 Serpent Tongue Glacier

Bays:

Hidden Harbor,

Glaciers:

Hook Glacier, Serpent Tongue Glacier,

Lakes:

Katmai Lakes, Spectacle Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Denison, Snowy Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Ridges:

Rivers:

Waterfalls: