Kennicott Glacier

Kennicott Glacier lies in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park, extending about 43 kilometers southeast from Mount Blackburn to the head of the Kennicott River near McCarthy and Kennecott. Geologist Oscar Rohn of the United States Geological Survey named it in 1899 for Robert Kennicott, an early Alaska explorer who led the scientific corps of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1865. A notable feature of the glacier is Packsaddle Island, a nunatak rising from the ice near Mount Blackburn. The glacier’s name also endures on the Alaska Marine Highway vessel M/V Kennicott.

McCarthy, Alaska · United States