enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Inside Passage - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Passage

    Alaska's portion of the Inside Passage extends 500 miles (800 km) from north to south and 100 miles (160 km) from east to west. The area encompasses 1,000 islands and thousands of coves and bays. While the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska provides some protection from the Pacific Ocean weather, much of the area experiences strong semi- diurnal ...

  3. Climate of Alaska - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Alaska

    Average monthly precipitation generally peaks in September or October, and is lowest in May and June. Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On ...

  4. Mount Fairweather - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fairweather

    Mount Fairweather also marks the northwest extremity of the Alaska Panhandle. Like many peaks in the St. Elias Mountains, Mount Fairweather has great vertical relief due to its dramatic rise from Glacier Bay. However, due to poor weather in the area, this effect is usually obscured with the clouds which often hides the summit from view.

  5. Fox Islands Passes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Islands_Passes

    A fair wind is almost necessary for the passage, and from the southward this would bring fog. The pass between Ashmiak and Ugamok islands on the east and Sea Lion Island on the west may be clear of dangers, but it is not recommended. All of the other minor passes between Unimak and Akutan passes are known to be full of rocks and reefs.

  6. Gulf of Alaska - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Alaska

    The Gulf of Alaska (Tlingit: Yéil T'ooch’) [1] is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found.

  7. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Bay_National_Park...

    Muir sent dispatches back to San Francisco to be published in the San Francisco Bulletin in both 1879 and 1880, eventually collecting these stories, accounts of his third and fourth trips in 1890 and 1899, and later lectures and articles into the 1915 book Travels in Alaska, promoting Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage.

  8. Alaska - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska

    Alaska is more than twice the size of the second-largest U.S. state (Texas), and it is larger than the next three largest states (Texas, California, and Montana) combined. Alaska is the seventh largest subnational division in the world. If it was an independent nation, it would be the 18th largest country in the world; almost the same size as Iran.

  9. Colder weather and chance of snow ahead for Southcentral Alaska

    www.aol.com/colder-weather-chance-snow-ahead...

    Nov. 3—Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley largely escaped the effects of freezing rain forecast overnight into Friday, but colder temperatures and a chance of snow are headed for much of ...