Tags: Glacier.
Portage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaskaand is included within the Chugach National Forest. It is located south of Portage Lake and 6 km (4 mi) west of Whittier.Portage Glacier was a local name first recorded in 1898 by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey so called because it is on a portage route between Prince William Sound and Turnagain Arm.
