Portage Glacier

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Portage Glacier
Portage Glacier in 2001
Type	Mountain glacier
Location	Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates	60°43′38″N, 148°49′08″W
Length	6 miles (9.6 km)
Terminus	glacial lake
Status	retreating

Portage Glacier has retreated substantially since this image was taken in 1958

Portage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska^[1] and is included within the Chugach National Forest. It is located south of Portage Lake and 6 km (4 mi) west of Whittier.

Portage Glacier was a local name first recorded in 1898 by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, so called because it is on a portage route between Prince William Sound and Turnagain Arm.

[edit] See also

• List of glaciers

[edit] Cited references

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