Kennicott Glacier
| Kennicott Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Kennicott Glacier on approach to Mount Blackburn. | |
  Kennicott Glacier | |
| Location | Alaska, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 61°36′01″N 143°04′11″W / 61.60028°N 143.06972°W |
| Status | Retreating |
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Kennicott Glacier is a
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park near the small town of McCarthy, Alaska and the historic ghost town of Kennecott, Alaska
.
It was named in 1899 by geologist Oscar Rohn of the United States Geological Survey for Robert Kennicott,[2] pioneer Alaska explorer and director of the scientific corps of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1865.
Packsaddle Island is a nunatak located within the glacier near the base of Mount Blackburn.[3]
The glacier is also the namesake of the
Alaska Marine Highway vessel M/V Kennicott
.
See also
External links
References
- ISBN 978-1-4051-0018-2.
- ^ Charles Caldwell Hawley (2014). A Kennecott Story. The University of Utah Press. p. 21.
- ^ Wrangell-St.Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska USA (Map) (1997 ed.). National Geographic. § 249.
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