Icy Bay, Alaska

Icy Bay, Alaska

Icy Bay is a body of water in southeast Alaska, formed in the last 100 years by the rapid retreat of the Guyot, Yahtse, and Tyndall Glacier Glaciers. It is part of the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the bay entrance was permanently blocked by a giant tidewater glacier face that calved icebergs directly into the Gulf of Alaska. A century-long glacial retreat has opened a multi-armed bay more than 30 miles long.

Icy Bay is popular destination for sea kayakers, and is reachable by bush plane from Yakutat.

References

* [http://www.nps.gov/archive/wrst/virtualtour/icybay.htm Official National Park Service website]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Icy Bay Airport — is a state owned airport serving Icy Bay in the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled passenger service at this airport is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program. Facilities and aircraft Icy… …   Wikipedia

  • ICY — Bay, Alaska (Regional » Airport Codes) * Inter Cultural Youth (Community) …   Abbreviations dictionary

  • Icy Strait — Die Icy Strait Verbindet Gewässer Cross Sound, Glacier Bay mit Gewässer Chatham Strait, Lynn Canal …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alaska Natives — Sprachregionen der Ureinwohner Alaskas Flöte aus Stein, Waldo Selden Pratt: The History of Music, 1907 Die Ureinwohner Alaskas (engl.: Alaska Natives) sind …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alaska Panhandle — The Alaska Panhandle, sometimes referred to as Southeast Alaska, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, which lies just west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The majority of the panhandle s area …   Wikipedia

  • Alaska Panhandle — 57°34′48″N 135°29′14″O / 57.58, 135.48722 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Icy Strait — The Icy Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, at about coord|58|14|N|135|30|W|. The strait separates Chichagof Island to the south and the Alaska mainland to the north. The strait is 64 km (40 miles) from its… …   Wikipedia

  • Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska — Yakutat City and Borough Yakutat Bay …   Wikipedia

  • Attempted Spanish colonization of Alaska — Spanish claims to Alaska dated to the papal bull of 1493, which divided the entire globe into Spanish and Portuguese hemispheres for the purpose of establishing colonies. The entire west coast of North America was within the portion of the globe… …   Wikipedia

  • Pleasant Island (Alaska) — Pleasant Island is the largest island in the Icy Strait between northern Chichagof Island and the mainland of the Alaska Panhandle. It lies southeast of the mainland city of Gustavus and southwest of the mainland community of Excursion Inlet.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”