Type Tidewater glacier Status Retreating | Terminus Ocean (Nassau Fjord) Length 19,312 m | |
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Location Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S. Similar Meares Glacier, McCarty Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Brady Glacier, Lituya Glacier | ||
Chenega Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Prince William Sound and on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Map of Chenega Glacier, Alaska 99574, USA
Chenega Glacier was named in 1905 for Chenega Island and the nearby community of Chenega Bay. The glacier is a tourist attraction, drawing many kayakers and small cruise lines to Nassau Fjord where the glacier meets the ocean. Most individual expeditions to the glacier originate in the Prince William Sound community of Whittier. The Chenega Glacier finds its source in the Sargent Icefield.
The glacier is the namesake of the Alaska Marine Highway fast ferry M/V Chenega.
References
Chenega Glacier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA