by CoastView | Aug 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers, Parks
Mount Saint Elias is located on the Alaska-Canada boundary in the Saint Elias Range, about 165 miles (266 km) east-southeast of Cordova and 67 miles 108 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska. Its name in Tlingit is Yasʼéitʼaa Shaa, meaning “mountain behind Icy...
by CoastView | Jul 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Tracy Arm is a fjord in the Coast Mountains of Southeast Alaska about 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Sitka and 42 miles (67.7 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. The Sawyer Glacier is at the head of the fjord which then trends southwest for 28 miles (45 km) to Holkham...
by CoastView | Jul 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History
Falling Glacier starts at the northwest end of the Sargent Icefield in the Chugach Mountains and flows northwest for 3 miles (4.8 km) to the eastern shore of Kings Bay, about 39 miles (63 km) northeast of Seward and 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast of Whittier,...
by CoastView | Jul 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Rivers
Princeton Glacier is on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula, about 37 miles (60 km) south-southeast of Whittier and 38 miles (61 km) east-northeast of Seward, Alaska. The glacier starts in the Sargent Icefield and then flows southeast for 5 miles (8 km) to its...
by CoastView | Jul 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
North Dawes Glacier starts from the Stikine Icefield at an elevation of about 5,200 feet (1,585 m) on the western flank of Sheppard Peak and flows generally southwest for 15 miles (24 km) to a proglacial lake at an elevation of 1000 feet (305 m) which is 2 miles (3.2...
by CoastView | Jul 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Yahtse Glacier starts from the south flank of Mount Miller in Barkley Ridge at an elevation of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) and flows generally southeast for 40 miles (65 km) through Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve to a tidewater terminus between Guyot Hills...