Alaska Gazetteer
Kahiltna Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Kahiltna Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | heads in icefield between Mount Foraker and Mount Hunter, trends S 30 mi. to head of Kahiltna River, 5 mi. E of Chelatna Lake and 35 mi. NE of Talkeetna; Alaska Range |
| History: | "Tanaina Indian name reported in 1899 by Lieutenant J. S. Herron (1901, p. 45 and map), USA, as ""Car-ilt-nu."" spelling was published by Adolph Knopf and Sidney Paige (in Brooks and others, 1906, p. 118), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)." |
| Borough: | Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
| Latitude: | 62.8340644836 |
| Longitude: | -151.227737427 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kahiltna Glacier: Kahiltna Glacier.
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