Chenega Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound is a sound off the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its largest port is Valdez, at the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System...

 and on the Kenai Peninsula

Kenai Peninsula

The Kenai Peninsula is a large peninsula jutting from the southern coast of Alaska in the United States. The name Kenai is probably derived from Kenayskaya, the Russian name for Cook Inlet, which borders the peninsula to the west.-Geography:...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

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Chenega Glacier was named in 1905 for Chenega Island

Chenega Island

Chenega Island is an island in Prince William Sound in the U.S. state of Alaska.It is the traditional home to the community of Chenega, though much of its population eventually migrated to Chenega Bay on nearby Evans Island after the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake and accompanying tsunami...

 and the nearby community of Chenega Bay. The glacier is a tourist attraction, drawing many kayakers and small cruise line

Cruise line

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s to Nassau Fjord

Nassau Fjord

Nassau Fjord or Nassau Fiord is a four mile long inlet in Alaska branching off from Prince William Sound.Nassau Fjord is glacially carved and also home to the famous tidewater Chenega Glacier which shares a two mile long calving face with the Fjord...

 where the glacier meets the ocean. Most individual expeditions to the glacier originate in the Prince William Sound community of Whittier

Whittier, Alaska

Whittier is a city in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area, in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of 2006, the population was 177. The city is also a port for the Alaska Marine Highway.-Geography:...

. The Chenega Glacier finds its source in the Sargent Icefield

Sargent Icefield

The Sargent Icefield is a large icefield located on the eastern portion of the Kenai Peninsula bordering Prince William Sound in Alaska. The ice field has numerous outflow glaciers including the Chenega, Princeton, and Ellsworth Glaciers....

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The glacier is the namesake of the Alaska Marine Highway

Alaska Marine Highway

The Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System is a ferry service operated by the government of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has its headquarters in Ketchikan, Alaska....

 fast ferry M/V Chenega

M/V Chenega

M/V Chenega is a fast ferry catamaran and the newest vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway System.The M/V Chenega was built by Derecktor Shipyards in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 2004 and 2005 and came into service in the latter year...

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