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The welcome sign to Glacier Bay seen by the road entrance. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a 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]
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 ...
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 turning to the ...
The most popular way to see Glacier Bay is by boat. Peter Christian, chief spokesperson for Public Affairs for the National Park Service’s Alaska region, said highly regulated cruise ships "go ...
Dry Bay, Alaska is a landform and a summer fishing community located on the northeast shore of the Gulf of Alaska, 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Yakutat. [1] Dry Bay lies along the Alsek River , one of the boundaries of Glacier Bay National Park .
Lester Island is located on the west side of Bartlett Cove and the Bartlett River, east of Young Island. [1] The Glacier Bay park office and lodge is located on the east shore of the mainland across from the island and is 10 miles by road from Gustavus.
Black Mountain is a prominent, 5,891-foot-high (1,796-meter) mountain summit located in the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains in southeast Alaska. [4] The mountain is situated in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 75 mi (121 km) northwest of Juneau, between the Riggs and McBride glaciers.
Mount Abdallah is a prominent 6,210-foot (1,893-meter) mountain summit located in the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains, in southeast Alaska. [3] The mountain is situated in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, as the highest point between Tarr Inlet and Rendu Inlet, 93 mi (150 km) northwest of Juneau, and 10.5 mi (17 km) southeast of Mount Barnard, which is the nearest higher peak.