Abyss Lake (Alaska)

Abyss Lake (Alaska)

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location = Southeastern Alaska
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inflow = Brady Glacier
outflow = Dundas River
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basin_countries = United States
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Abyss Lake is a lake in southeastern .

A part of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, its water is regularly blocked by an ice dam. When such a dam breaks in a glacial lake outburst flood, much of the lake's water is propelled into Dundas Bay, along with trees, ice chunks, and sediment. This has happened in 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, and again in September 2006 [ [http://www.kinyradio.com/juneaunews/archives/week_of_09-04-06/juneau_news_09-08-06.html KINY Radio - Juneau Daily News - Latest Edition ] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082105/out_20050821016.shtml Ready to burst? Southeast and Southcentral Alaska lead the world in glacial floods]
* [http://www.nps.gov/akso/Press/2006/dundaswarning.htm Visitor Use Advisory for Western Arm of Dundas Bay]


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