Alaska
Southcentral Alaska
Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Matanuska Glacier

Matanuska Glacier is a valley in the US state of . At 27 miles long by 4 miles wide, it is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States.
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 3,343 feet
  • Description: valley glacier in the US state of Alaska
  • Also known as: “Ch’atanhtnu Li’a”

Matanuska Glacier

Latitude
61.60625° or 61° 36′ 23″ north
Longitude
-147.56593° or 147° 33′ 57″ west
Elevation
3,343 feet (1,019 metres)
Open location code
93HJJC4M+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 74719477
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
5868425
Wiki­data ID
Q673357
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Satellite Map

Discover Matanuska Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Matanuska Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Matanuska Glacier”
  • Chinese: “马塔努斯卡冰川”
  • Czech: “Ledovec Matanuska”
  • Czech: “Matanuska (ledovec)”
  • Czech: “Matanuska Glacier”
  • Czech: “Matanuska”
  • Dutch: “Matanuska-gletsjer”
  • French: “glacier Matanuska”
  • French: “Glacier Matanuska”
  • Georgian: “მატანუსკის მყინვარი”
  • German: “Matanuska-Gletscher”
  • Hebrew: “קרחון מטנוסקה”
  • Italian: “ghiacciaio Matanuska”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio Matanuska”
  • Japanese: “マタヌスカ氷河”
  • Malay: “Glasier Matanuska”
  • Russian: “Матануска (ледник)”
  • Russian: “Матануска”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Matanuska”
  • Ukrainian: “Матануска”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Matanuska Glacier”. Photo: Spitfireap, CC BY-SA 3.0.