Harper Glacier, Denali National Park

Name: Harper Glacier
Address: Denali National Park, United States

#61 among attractions in Denali National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Harper Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier originates on Denali at more than 19,000 feet between Denali's North Peak and South Peak, falling to the northeast between the Karsten Ridge and the Taylor Spur. From about 12,000 feet it falls between Pioneer Ridge and Karpe Ridge in the Great Icefall down to the Lower Icefall to become Muldrow Glacier. In 1913, the glacier was named by Hudson Stuck after Walter Harper, a Koyukon mountaineer and the first man to reach the summit of Denali. ()

Coordinates: 63°5'22"N, 150°58'37"W

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Harper Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Denali, Alaska Range, Fourteener, Jeffery Glacier.

1.7 miSW
North America's tallest mountain
Denali, Denali National Park
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1.7 miSW
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Alaska Range, Denali National Park
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1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fourteener, Denali National Park
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4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Jeffery Glacier, Denali National Park
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Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Koven, Denali National Park
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5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Carpe, Denali National Park
144 min walk • Mount Carpe is a 12,552-foot mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, on a northeast buttress of Denali. The Carpe Ridge includes Mount Tatum. Mount Carpe was named in 1943 by the U.S. Army Test Expedition after Allen Carpé, who was killed along with Theodore G.
5.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kahiltna Peaks, Denali National Park
137 min walk • The Kahiltna Peaks are two prominent summits on a western spur of Denali in the central Alaska Range, in Denali National Park. The 13,440-foot east peak and the 12,835-foot west peak are separated from the main Denali massif by Kahiltna Notch, between the northeast and east forks of Kahiltna Glacier.