by CoastView | Jun 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Kashteen Peninsula is located in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve on the eastern shore of Icy Bay, between Tsaa Fjord to the south and Guyot Fjord to the north, and is emerging from under the retreating Guyot Glacier, about 149 miles (240 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 24, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Guyot Glacier starts from an elevation of about 6,700 feet (2,042 m) on the eastern flank of Yaga Peak in the Robinson Mountains and flows generally east-southeast for 34 miles (55 km) to its terminus just south of the Guyot Hills on the western shore of Icy Bay in...
by CoastView | Jun 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks
Sumdum Glacier starts on the south flank of Mount Sumdum with a summit elevation of 6,666 feet (2,032 m) and flows southwest to a hanging terminus at 2,100 feet (640 m) and the start of Powers Creek that flows 2 miles (3.2 km) to the eastern shore of Endicott Arm,...
by CoastView | Jun 17, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History
Tigertail Glacier starts at an elevation of about 2,850 feet (869 m) in the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 3.3 miles (5.3 km) and terminates 0.2 miles (0.3 km) from the western shore of Nassau Fjord, which is a northern arm...
by CoastView | Jun 8, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks
Hubbard Glacier originates from icefields at an elevation of around 11,000 feet (3,400 m) in the Centennial Range of the Saint Elias Mountains in Kluane National Park and Reserve and flows about 48 miles (77 km) to the Alaska border and then continues for another 28...
by CoastView | May 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Tyndall Glacier starts at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3,050 m) in the Saint Elias Mountains near the Canadian border, between Mount Huxley to the west and Mount Saint Elias to the east, and flows generally south-southwest for 13 miles (21 km) to the head of...
