Portage Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Portage Glacier places it within the AK 99664 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Portage Glacier |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Glacier |
Description: | on Kenai Peninsula, trends N to Portage Lake, 4 mi. W of Whittier, Chugach Mts. |
History: | Local name reported in 1898 by Mendenhall (1900, p. 273), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). So called because it is on a portage route between Prince William Sound and Turnagain Arm. |
Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
Latitude: | 60.7188339233 |
Longitude: | -148.803146362 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Portage Glacier: Portage Glacier.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Portage Glacier does not include property ownership information.
Silvertip, AK
(19.3 miles W) Alyeska, AK (19.7 miles NNW) |
Girdwood, AK
(19.7 miles NW) |