Description

Kennicott Glacier is located trends SE 27 mi. from Mount Blackburn to its terminus at head of McCarthy Creek; Wrangell Mts.

History

named in 1899 by Rohn (1900, p. 406), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), fro Robert Kennicott, pioneer Alaska explorer and director of the scientific corps of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1865.

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