by CoastView | Jul 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Grewingk Glacier starts in the Kenai Mountains and flows generally northwest for 11 miles (18 km) to a proglacial lake about 2 miles (3.2 km) long that is drained by Grewingk Creek that flows 3.5 miles (6 km) to the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 25 miles (40...
by CoastView | Jul 14, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Vassar Glacier flows southeast for 4.3 miles (7 km) from the eastern flank of Peak 8080 in the Chugach Mountains to the western shore of College Fjord near the confluence of Harvard Arm and Yale Arm and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of College Point, about 52 miles (83 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 17, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Natural History, Parks
Valerie Glacier is formed by several tributary glaciers that flow from the south flank of Mount Vancouver in the Saint Elias Mountains of the Icefield Ranges, and the merged ice streams flow generally southeast for about 14 miles (22.5 km) to laterally join with the...
by CoastView | Jun 16, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Old Valdez was the original townsite of Valdez built on the outwash plain formed by Valdez Glacier which is drained by Valdez Glacier Stream that flows generally south-southeast for 4.5 miles (7 km) to Port Valdez in Prince William Sound, about 43 miles (69 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 2, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Natural History
Meares Glacier starts at an elevation of about 7200 feet (2195 m) in the Chugach Mountains between Mount Michelson to the north and Columbia Peak to the south and trends generally southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to Unakwik Inlet in Prince William Sound, about 47 miles...
by CoastView | Mar 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Mines, Rivers
Baird Glacier starts in the Stikine Icefield in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains near the Alaska-British Columbia border, and flows generally southwest for 24 miles (39 km) to its terminus at an outwash plain 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the head of Thomas Bay,...
