by CoastView | Nov 2, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Anchor Glacier starts from an elevation of about 5,700 feet (1,737 m) on the eastern flank of McCarty Ridge in the Kenai Mountains and cascades east for 3 miles (5 km) to Northwestern Fjord, about 52 miles (84 km) east-northeast of Homer and 32 miles (52 km) southwest...
by CoastView | Oct 19, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Natural History
Tiger Glacier starts at an elevation of 5,400 feet (1,646 m) in the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula and flows east for 8 miles (13 km), covering an area of 15,040 acres (6,090 ha), to a tidewater terminus about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide at the head of Icy Bay in...
by CoastView | Oct 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
McArthur River starts at the terminus of McArthur Glacier in the Neacola Mountains and flows southeast for about 9 miles (15 km) to the confluence of the outflow from the Blockade Glacier in the Chigmit Mountains, and then continues for another 21 miles (34 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 12, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Natural History
Blackstone Glacier starts at an elevation of about 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in the Kenai Mountains and flows generally north for 7 miles (11 km) and terminates at tidewater at the head of Blackstone Bay, about 87 miles (140 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 8 miles (13 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 8, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Cataract Glacier starts from the north flank of Peak 5541 in the Chugach Mountains and flows northeast for 2.1 miles (3.4 km) through a steep valley to its terminus at the head of a stream that flows for another 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the southern shore of Surprise...
by CoastView | Oct 3, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Kachemak, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Tutka River starts from an elevation of about 2800 feet (853 m) on the western flank of the Kenai Mountains and flows generally west to the head of Tutka Bay, a fjord on the southern coast of Kachemak Bay, about 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Homer and 15 miles (24 km)...
