 It is named for United States President Warren G. Harding.The Harding Icefield is over 700 square miles (1813 km2) in its entirety (although, if one were to count its glaciers which descend from the icefield in all directions, the icefield measures in at over 1,100 square miles (2,849 km2)  The icefield spawns up to 40 glaciers of all types.Some of the more notable glaciers include the Tustumena Glacier, Exit Glacier, and McCarty Glacier.