by CoastView | Aug 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers
Lituya Glacier starts on the south flank of Mount Wilbur in the Fairweather Range and flows west for 8 miles (13 km) to Desolation Valley, and then turns southeast and flows for 2.6 miles (4 km) to Gilbert Inlet at the head of Lituya Bay, about 100 miles (162 km)...
by CoastView | Aug 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2025, Embayments, Glaciers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dawes-Glacier.mp3 Dawes Glacier originates from the Stikine Icefield near the Alaska-Canada boundary and flows northwest for 20 miles (32 km) to tidewater in Endicott Arm, about 100 miles (161...
by CoastView | Aug 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers, Waterfalls
An unnamed glacier hangs above a cirque on the southern shore of Endicott Arm, a fjord in the Coast Mountains of Southeast Alaska that extends northwest for 33 miles (53 km) from the terminus of the Dawes Glacier to Holkham Bay, 80 miles (129 km) southeast of Juneau...
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 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TracyArm.mp3 Tracy Arm is a glaciated fjord in the Tracy Arm–Fords Terror Wilderness of Tongass National Forest, about 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Sitka and 42 miles (68 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Jul 18, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers, July 2026, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FallingGlacier.mp3 Falling Glacier starts from an elevation of roughly 2,100 feet (640 m) at the northwest edge of the Sargent Icefield in the Chugach Mountains and flows northwest for three...
