The Castner Glacier lies on the southern flank of the

Delta Range The Delta Mountains or Delta Range are a subrange of the Alaska Range, forming its eastern terminus. The mountains extend about from east to west, to the south of the Tanana River Valley, west of the Nebesna River and northwest of Wrangell-St. E ...

, an eastern section of the

Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBo ...

. The glacier begins on the peak

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and continues to the head of Castner Creek, northwest of

Paxson, Alaska Paxson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 26, down from 40 in 2010. It is located on the Richardson Highway at the junction with the Denali Highway. C ...

. The glacier was named by Edwin Forbes Glenn in 1898 after Joseph Compton Castner. The glacier is located on Bureau of Land Management land. It is a popular destination for hikers, and is known for its large ice caves.

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