Portage Glacier
Portage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska and is included within the Chugach National Forest. It is located south of Portage Lake and 6 km west of Whittier.Places of Interest
Highlights: Byron Peak.
Byron Peak
Peak
Byron Peak is a 4,590-foot-high mountain in the U.S… Byron Peak is situated 2½ miles northwest of Portage Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whittier.
Portage Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
60.71883° or 60° 43′ 8″ north
Longitude
-148.80315° or 148° 48′ 11″ west
Elevation
840 feet (256 metres)
Open location code
93GHP59W+GP
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Urdu—“Portage Glacier” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Портэйдж”
- Cebuano: “Portage Glacier”
- French: “glacier Portage”
- French: “Glacier Portage”
- German: “Portage-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Portage”
- Japanese: “ポーテージ氷河”
- Lithuanian: “Pervalkos ledynas”
- Urdu: “پورٹیج گلیشیر”
- “Portage Glacier”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Silvertip and Alyeska.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Carpathian Peak and Burns Glacier.
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