Princeton Glacier

Princeton Glacier

Infobox_Glacier | glacier_name = Princeton Glacier


caption =
type = Tidewater glacier
location = Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
coordinates = coord|60|16|30|N|148|23|35|W|type:glacier
area =
length = 10 miles (16.3 km)
thickness =
terminus = Stream
status =
The Princeton Glacier is a glacier in the Sargent Icefield, Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.

The glacier was named in 1909 for Princeton University by George Perkins of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey [Gnis|1424658] .

The glacier's terminus is a little over a mile from Nassau Fjord and Prince William Sound.

References

ee also

*List of glaciers


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