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Sheep Mountain is located on the Kenai Peninsula on land managed by Chugach National Forest. [2] It is set 16 miles (26 km) north-northeast of the city of Seward in the Kenai Mountains . Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 5,870 feet (1,789 meters) above Kenai Lake in 2.6 miles (4.2 km).
Kenai River bank. The Kenai River [Kee-nye] is a meltwater river that drains the central Kenai Peninsula region. Its source is the Kenai Lake. [2] Near Cooper Landing, the lake narrows to form the river. About 12 miles (19 km) from the lake, the river passes through Kenai Canyon for about 2 miles (3.2 km) of fast-flowing whitewater rapids.
Time lapse video and photos of the March 27, 2009, eruption, taken from Ninilchik Archived June 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine BBC page with footage and links to other pages on the volcano Large-format photo essay of the Mount Redoubt eruption from "The Big Picture" blog on Boston.com.
Hidden Lake is a lake on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, formed by an ancient channel of the Kenai River. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located entirely inside the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge . The lake is deepest at its southeast end, with depths up to 148 feet (45 m).
Video footage from the incident, caught on the live webcams, shows bear number 469, an adult male bear estimated to be 30 years old, attack bear number 402, who is an older adult female while the ...
It is located within the Captain Cook State Recreation Area. The prevailing winds can sometimes produce whitecaps on the lake, giving it its name. It is also known as Three Bay Lake because it consists of three nearly separate areas connected by channels. [3] Access to the lake is via the Kenai Spur Highway, about 27 miles (43 km) north of ...
The park covers an area of 669,984 acres (1,046.9 sq mi; 2,711.3 km 2) [1] on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, west of the town of Seward. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States, and is named for the numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field.
The turquoise water of Skilak Lake and the Kenai River delta, as seen from the air. Skilak Lake (Dena'ina: Q'es Dudilen Bena) is a large lake on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The lake is part of the Kenai River system but also contains glacial runoff, being fed by meltwater from Skilak Glacier. The water is exceptionally clear with a mostly ...