Sunrise Glacier

Sunrise Glacier is a small high-alpine glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve’s Alaska Range, near Scott Peak, flowing northwest into Sunrise Creek, with Sunset Glacier nearby. Covering about 0.35 square miles at roughly 6,332 feet, its 1954 terminus lay at the head of Sunrise Creek, southeast of the Eielson Visitor Center. Officially named in 1932 by J. C. Reed Sr. and S. N. Stoner through the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, it took its name from the Sunrise Creek fork of the Thorofare River. Formed within Denali’s Quaternary glacial landscape, it occupies a valley shaped by four major glaciations and remains a remote backcountry area known for wildlife.

Cantwell, Alaska · United States