Alaska Gazetteer
Spencer Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Spencer Glacier places it within the AK 99664 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Spencer Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | Heads in Kenai Mountains, 6 mi. S of Carpathian Peak, trends NW to S end of Placer River Valley, 20 mi. SE of Sunrise, Chugach Mountains. |
| History: | Named in 1909 by U.S. Grant and D.F. Higgins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Edward Spencer, timekeeper of the Alaska Central Railroad, who fell into a crevasse in the glacier in November 1905 and whose body was recovered a year later. |
| Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.6266746521 |
| Longitude: | -148.872360229 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Spencer Glacier: Spencer Glacier.
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Whittier, AK
(11.9 miles NNE) |
Moose Pass, AK
(19.4 miles WSW) |
| Silvertip, AK (18.9 miles WNW) |
