Princeton Glacier

Popo Glacier
Type Tidewater glacier
Location Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates 60°19′32″N 148°23′22″W / 60.32556°N 148.38944°W / 60.32556; -148.38944Coordinates: 60°19′32″N 148°23′22″W / 60.32556°N 148.38944°W / 60.32556; -148.38944
Length 10 miles (16.3 km)
Terminus Stream

The Princeton Glacier is a glacier in the Sargent Icefield, Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.

The glacier was named in 1909 for Princeton University by George Perkins of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.[1]

The glacier's terminus is a little over a mile from Nassau Fjord and Prince William Sound.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Princeton Glacier

See also


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