Portage Pass
Portage Pass is a mountain saddle in Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska and has an elevation of 591 feet. Portage Pass is situated nearby to the locality Bear Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel and Portage Lake.
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
Tunnel
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The Portage Glacier Highway, or Portage Glacier Road, is a highway located in the U.S. state of Alaska. The highway is made up of a series of roads, bridges, and tunnels that connect the Portage Glacier area of the Chugach National Forest and the city of Whittier to the Seward Highway.
Portage Lake
Lake
Photo: steve lyon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portage Lake is a glacial lake in the Chugach National Forest of the U.S. state of Alaska. It sits in a long, heavily glaciated valley, and abuts the calving face of Portage Glacier at its southern end.
Whittier Terminal Depot
Railway station
The Whittier HAP Depot is an Alaska Railroad passenger stop in Whittier, Alaska. The passenger stop is located along a siding in Whittier, immediately west of the railroad bridge crossing Whittier Creek at Alaska Railroad milepost 1.2.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whittier.
Whittier
Whittier is a small town in Alaska that is famous because all of its 272 residents live in one building.
Portage Pass
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 591 feet
- Also known as: “Ulchena Hch’aqedelt”
- Category: landform
- Location: Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
60.76899° or 60° 46′ 8″ northLongitude
-148.7478° or 148° 44′ 52″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Open location code
93GHQ792+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 3758685242OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
5871988
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