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Glacier Bay Basin in southeastern Alaska, in the United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925, and which was later, on December 2, 1980, enlarged and designated as the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, covering an area of ...
The welcome sign to Glacier Bay seen by the road entrance. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is an national park of the United States located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on February 26, 1925. [4]
Logan Glacier. Malaspina Glacier. Margerie Glacier - Glacier Bay. Martin River Glacier. Matanuska Glacier and peaks of the Chugach Mountains. Matanuska Glacier. McBride Glacier - Glacier Bay. McCall Glacier (Alaska) - Brooks Range, Romanzoff Mountains. McCarty Glacier - Kenai Peninsula/Harding Icefield.
The glacier retreated 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in 33 years. The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is well documented and is one of the effects of climate change. The retreat of mountain glaciers provide evidence for the rise in global temperatures since the late 19th century. Examples include mountain glaciers in western North America, Asia, the ...
Margerie Glacier. Margerie Glacier is a 21 mi (34 km) long tidewater glacier in Glacier Bay, Alaska, United States within the boundaries of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The glacier begins on the southern slopes of Mount Root, elevation 12,860 feet (3,920 m), on the Alaska – Canada border flowing southeast down the valley, then ...
The community of Excursion Inlet is located in southern Haines Borough at (58.411303, -135.408740), [4] on the east side of Excursion Inlet, an arm of the Icy StraitThe CDP extends north to the boundary of Glacier Bay National Park near the head of Excursion Inlet, south to the mouth of Excursion Inlet, and east to the crest of the Chilkat Range.
Location Capacity Owner Type Notes and Links Bay Shore: Oregon: 150: Walleye Energy LLC: Petroleum Coke (1 unit) Opened in 1955. [7] Cardinal Power Plant: Brilliant: 1800: American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye Power: Coal (3 units) To be converted to natural gas by 2030. [8] Gavin Power Plant: Cheshire: 2640: Gavin Power, LLC: Coal (2 units) [9 ...
Valparaiso Moraine. The Valparaiso Moraine is a recessional moraine (a land form left by receding glaciers) that forms an immense U around the southern Lake Michigan basin in North America. It is a band of hilly terrain composed of glacial till and sand. The Valparaiso Moraine defines part of the continental divide known as the Saint Lawrence ...