Description
Dinglestadt Glacier is located in Kenai Mts., heads on ridge W of McCarty Glacier, and extends SW to separate, one branch trends NW 9 mi. to its terminus at head of Sheep Creek and the other trends SE 5 mi. to East Arm Nuka Bay, 50 mi. NW of Seldovia, Chugach Mts. Alaska Place Names Book trends this SW, which is incorrect
History
Named by A. H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1913, "for Mate Dinglestadt, who in company with Mate (Ivan) Chernof in 1834, as employees of the Russian American Fur Company, explored a portion of the west coast of Kenai Peninsula."