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Bay in southeastern Alaska
Glacier Bay Basin, in southeastern Alaska, United States, encompasses the eponymous Glacier Bay and the surrounding mountains and glaciers. It was first
Glacier_Bay_Basin
Topics referred to by the same term
Glacier Bay may refer to: Glacier Bay Basin, in south-eastern Alaska, United States, encompasses the eponymous Glacier Bay Glacier Bay National Park and
Glacier_Bay
National park in Alaska, United States
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
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier_Bay_National_Park_and_Preserve
Glacier in Canada and the United States
Grand Pacific Glacier is a 25 km (16 mi) long glacier in British Columbia and Alaska. It begins in Glacier Bay National Park in the Saint Elias Mountains
Grand_Pacific_Glacier
Bay in Antarctica
Butler Glacier, which enters the bay between these islands and the Reeves Peninsula. Beyond this peninsula the Gerry Glacier extends into the bay to the
Sulzberger_Bay
Mountain in Alaska, United States
mountain drains into Glacier Bay Basin. Weather permitting, Mount Wordie can be seen from Queen Inlet and Wachusett Inlet of Glacier Bay, which is a popular
Mount_Wordie
Carroll Glacier - Glacier Bay Casement Glacier - Glacier Bay Castner Glacier - Alaska Range Charley Glacier - Glacier Bay Chedotlothna Glacier - Alaska Range
List of glaciers in the United States
List_of_glaciers_in_the_United_States
American painter (born 1944)
artist who pursues light, Alaska is a natural setting. Bryden has gone to Glacier Bay, Alaska to capture the unusual lighting conditions there. In the Alaskan
Lewis_Bryden
Bay in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Shoup Bay is an inlet of Port Valdez inside the Valdez Arm of Prince William Sound in Alaska. steep-walled, flat-bottomed basin with a depth of approximately
Shoup_Bay
Glacier in Greenland
Humboldt and is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. The Humboldt Glacier borders the Kane Basin in North West Greenland. Its front
Humboldt_Glacier
Species of lichen
was found in the Hoonah–Angoon Census Area in the east arm of the Glacier Bay Basin, where it was growing on the thallus of the foliose lichen Nephroma
Corticifraga_nephromatis
Principal hydrological divide of North and South America
the ice flowing down the Saskatchewan Glacier eventually ends up as water in the Atlantic Ocean. If Hudson Bay is considered part of the Atlantic, then
Continental Divide of the Americas
Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas
Mountain in Alaska, United States
Glacier Bay Basin. The area has a high population of mountain goats. Mount Wright centered with Mt. Case behind right Glacier Bay basin "Dirt Glacier"
Mount_Wright_(Alaska)
American ecologist
asking him to name the bay a monument. His 1935 monograph on the late glacial and postglacial environment of the Glacier Bay Basin is considered a classic
William_Skinner_Cooper
Persistent body of ice that moves downhill under its own weight
A glacier (US: /ˈɡleɪʃər/; UK: /ˈɡlæsiə/ or /ˈɡleɪsiə/) is a persistent body of natural ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving under its own weight
Glacier
Glacier in the United States
Mendenhall Glacier (Tlingit: Áakʼw Tʼáak Sítʼ) is a glacier about 13.6 miles (21.9 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown
Mendenhall_Glacier
Indian rivers
fed by glaciers and snow melt, arise from the Himalayas. The Deccan rivers system consists of rivers in Peninsular India, that drain into the Bay of Bengal
List_of_major_rivers_of_India
Arm of the Southern Ocean
"Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Under Way for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica". Science. 344 (6185): 735–738. Bibcode:2014Sci...344
Amundsen_Sea
Fjord on the southeast coast of Alaska, United States
smaller Cascade and Crillon glaciers and the larger Lituya Glacier all spill into Lituya Bay, which is a part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Lituya_Bay
Mountain in Montana, United States
part of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The peak is a feature of Glacier National Park in the state of Montana in the United States. The summit
Triple_Divide_Peak_(Montana)
or glacier Oasis – Fertile area in a desert environment Ocean bank – Part of the sea which is shallow compared to its surrounding area Oceanic basin –
Glossary_of_landforms
Flow of solid salt on Earth's surface
salt glaciers repeatedly flowed onto a basin in Germany and were buried with sediment to create a series of preserved glaciers. Miocene glaciers flowed
Salt_glacier
Ice cap on Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia
side at Krenkel Bay, the Red Army Strait in the south, and the Kara Sea on the west at Zhuravlev Bay. The Academy of Sciences Glacier is portrayed in
Academy_of_Sciences_Glacier
Census-designated place in Alaska, United States
Tlingit dispersed around 1750 (Little Ice Age) when the glaciers of present day Glacier Bay Basin advanced into Icy Strait. Excursion Inlet has had a fishing
Excursion_Inlet,_Alaska
Large ice stream, fastest melting glacier in Antarctica
Island Glacier, this area is known as the Pine Island Glacier drainage basin. The Pine Island Glacier lies in a southeast extension of Pine Island Bay, part
Pine_Island_Glacier
Lake formed by the action of ice
Landlocked basin (endorheic basin) Subglacial lake – Lake under a glacier Supraglacial lake – Pond of liquid water on the top of a glacier Lacustrine
Proglacial_lake
Type of outburst flood that occurs when the dam containing a glacial lake fails
body of water contained by a glacier melts or overflows the glacier, is called a jökulhlaup. The dam can consist of glacier ice or a terminal moraine. Failure
Glacial_lake_outburst_flood
Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Canada
regular, it includes the Petermann Fjord of the Petermann Glacier at its southern end. "Hall Basin". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada
Hall_Basin
Glacier
arm of Icy Bay. Together with the Yahtse and Guyot glaciers, it once occupied the entirety of Icy Bay; as the glaciers have retreated the bay has opened
Tyndall_Glacier_(Alaska)
Bight in Antarctica
include, from west to east, Sultans Head Rock, Aurora Glacier, Vee Cliffs, Terror Glacier, Fog Bay and Terror Point. Cape MacKay is east of Terror Point
Windless_Bight
Casablanca-class escort carrier of the US Navy
down and launched under the name Astrolabe Bay, as part of a tradition which named escort carriers after bays or sounds in Alaska. She was renamed Hollandia
USS_Hollandia
Large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada
while the Foxe Channel connects Hudson Bay with the Arctic Ocean in the north. The Hudson Bay drainage basin drains a very large area, about 3,861,400 km2
Hudson_Bay
Bay in Antarctica
interior. The Lambert Glacier flows from Lambert Graben into the Amery Ice Shelf on the south-west side of Prydz Bay. Other major glaciers drain into the southern
Prydz_Bay
Antarctic glacier
after the late American glaciologist Fredrik T. Thwaites. The glacier flows into Pine Island Bay, part of the Amundsen Sea, at surface speeds which exceed
Thwaites_Glacier
Arctic waterway lying between Greenland and Canada
Peabody Bay is a bay at the eastern side of the basin, off the southwestern end of the Humboldt Glacier in northern Greenland. Cold Regions Research and
Kane_Basin
Mountain on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
Hudson Bay (via the North Saskatchewan River). The Dome Glacier flows to the north-east, the Stutfield Glacier to the north-west, the Columbia Glacier to
Snow_Dome_(Canada)
fed by glaciers and snowmelt, arise from the Himalayas. The Deccan rivers system consists of rivers in Peninsular India that drain into the Bay of Bengal
List_of_rivers_of_India
Lake in Yukon, Canada
Gerard H. (May 2017). "River piracy and drainage basin reorganization led by climate-driven glacier retreat". Nature Geoscience. 10 (5): 370–375. doi:10
Kluane_Lake
Glacial lake (former) in Pierce County, Washington
freshwater lake in the basin of the Puyallup River and the Green River (Duwamish River) at the point in time that the Vashon Glacier had receded northward
Lake_Tacoma
Nugget Creek is fed by the Nugget Glacier, a tributary glacier on the mountainside east of Auke Bay in the borough of Juneau, Alaska, US. The creek feeds
Nugget_Creek
Long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial activity
fjords led to excavation of the deepest fjord basins. Near the very coast, the typical West Norwegian glacier spread out (presumably through sounds and low
Fjord
Mountain in Alaska, United States
355-foot (1,327-meter) mountain summit located at the head of Glacier Bay's Queen Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, in the Alsek Ranges of the
Sentinel_Peak_(Alaska)
were covered at one time or another with an ice sheet. This continental glacier had a profound effect on the surface features of the area over which it
Glacial_history_of_Minnesota
Former lake in North America
Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. About 7,000 years ago, the lake was replaced by Lake Chippewa and Lake Stanley as the glaciers retreated and 3,000 years
Lake_Algonquin
Mountain on the Canada-U.S. border
north. Precipitation runoff and meltwater from its glaciers drains into Glacier Bay Basin. Margerie Glacier with Mount Turner labelled Mount Turner centered
Mount Turner (Fairweather Range)
Mount_Turner_(Fairweather_Range)
Closed drainage basin that has no outflow
An endorheic basin (/ˌɛndoʊˈriː.ɪk/ EN-doh-REE-ik; also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows
Endorheic_basin
2017. "Glacier Bay National Park". National Park Service. Retrieved March 23, 2010. "World Heritage List - Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek"
List of national parks of the United States
List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States
Bay in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
and Three Hole Bay. It contains many sub-basins, most notably Holgate Arm, with the advancing Holgate Glacier. To the west, Aialik Bay is bordered by
Aialik_Bay
Sound in Washington, United States
PEW-jit) is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of Washington. As a part
Puget_Sound
Mountain in Alaska, United States
Saint Elias Mountains, in southeast Alaska. The peak is situated in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve at the entrance to Geikie Inlet, 68 mi (109 km)
Marble_Mountain_(Alaska)
Lake in Montana, United States
During the last ice age this trench was filled by an enormous glacier. As the glacier moved southward it carved out the trench. The Polson Moraine, near
Flathead_Lake
Topics referred to by the same term
Territory, a suburb Richardson Glacier (New Zealand), in the headwaters of the Waitaki River basin Richardson Glacier (Antarctica) Richardson Bluff, Victoria
Richardson
Mountain in Alaska
Saint Elias Mountains, in southeast Alaska. The mountain is situated in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, as the highest point between Tarr Inlet and
Mount_Abdallah
Waterway in Puget Sound, Washington, United States
Basin, one of Puget Sound's major deep basins. The other deep basins are Admiralty Inlet, the Main Basin, from Possession Point to Commencement Bay at
Saratoga_Passage
Fjord in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, U.S.
and two public-use cabins. Visitors can view Porcupine Glacier, Spoon Glacier, and Prospect Glacier from the park. "Plan report". www.cityofseward.us. 2017
Resurrection_Bay
River in Nepal
India and joins the Ganges, which enters the Bay of Bengal. More than sixty percent of the total drainage basin of the Trishuli lies in Tibet with about nine
Trishuli_River
Mountain range in Russia
sources of the Khulga river of the Ob basin in the south, to the Konstantinov Kamen mountain rising above Baydaratskaya Bay of the Kara Sea at the northern
Polar_Urals
Fjord in Alaska, U.S.
that glacier melt driven by climate change is making such collapses far worse. The only known higher megatsunami occurred in 1958 in Lituya Bay, Alaska
Tracy_Arm
Mountain summit in Alaska, US
Precipitation runoff and meltwater from its surrounding glaciers drains into Glacier Bay Basin and the Gulf of Alaska. The mountain's toponym has not been
Mount_Tlingit
River in Yukon Territory, British Columbia, and Alaska
Columbia and into Alaska. It enters the Gulf of Alaska at Dry Bay. Most of the Alsek River's basin is within protected wilderness areas and National Parks.
Alsek_River
Glacier in Greenland
Petermann Glacier (Danish: Petermann Gletsjer) is a large glacier located in North-West Greenland to the east of Nares Strait. It connects the Greenland
Petermann_Glacier
Lagoon located in Florida, United States
Following the retreat of the glaciers, ocean levels rose creating the current coastline and the natural bounty of Sarasota Bay provided food for inhabitants
Sarasota_Bay
2024. "Major River basins of India". MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2024. "Comparison and Monitoring of Glacier Retreat using Satellite
List of rivers of India by discharge
List_of_rivers_of_India_by_discharge
Bay in the United States
Wisconsin glacier, the Raritan River carved back into its headlands and captured the major drainages from the Newark Basin. As the Wisconsin glaciers melted
Raritan_Bay
Bay in Wilkes Land, Antarctica
steep glaciers near its head, lying along Knox and Budd Coasts. It was photographed from the air by US Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–47. The bay was entered
Vincennes_Bay
Mountain in Alaska, United States
(1,255 meter) mountain summit located at the head of Glacier Bay's Geikie Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, in the Fairweather Range of
Blackthorn_Peak
Mountain in Alaska
Merriam is a prominent 5,083-foot (1,549-meter) mountain summit located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, in the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains
Mount_Merriam
– a long bay with steep sides, typically formed by a glacier Bight – a bay that is typically shallower than a sound Sound – a large, wide bay which is
List_of_seas_on_Earth
Bay in Newfoundland, Canada
fjord of Bonne Bay. Bonne Bay was carved out approximately 10,000 years ago by two large glaciers in each one of the arms. The glaciers then came together
Bonne_Bay
River in Washington, United States
Washington. It flows about 75 miles (121 km) from its source, the Emmons Glacier on Mount Rainier, to join the Puyallup River at Sumner. It defines part
White_River_(Puyallup_River)
Protected area in Alaska, United States
Malaspina Glacier, the largest piedmont glacier in North America, Hubbard Glacier, the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska, and Nabesna Glacier, the world's
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Wrangell–St._Elias_National_Park_and_Preserve
into the Bay of Bengal where it merges with the Ganges at Sunderban Delta. Upstream to downstream 130km 81miles Zangmu Dam Rangit Dam Angsi Glacier (source)
List of dams on the Brahmaputra River
List_of_dams_on_the_Brahmaputra_River
Former proglacial lake in New Jersey, U.S.
ago. The lake was formed of waters released by the retreating Wisconsin Glacier, which had pushed large quantities of earth and rock ahead of its advance
Lake_Passaic
Lakes filled by sediment
the glaciolacustrine Agassiz-Ojibway Basin. Other locations of glaciolacustrine plains include Lake Erie, Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron, and the Lake Superior
Lacustrine_plain
Drainage divide on a continent
on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a
Continental_divide
Bay in northwestern Greenland
the Kane Basin off the western end of the Humboldt Glacier. Cape Forbes and the Cass Fjord lie at the northern end of the roughly 80 km wide bay. The McGary
Peabody_Bay
Prehistoric proglacial lake
Georgian Bay and Lake Michigan. It formed about 7,500 years before present (YBP). The lake occupied the depression left by the Labradorian Glacier. This
Nipissing_Great_Lakes
Fjord in Greenland
municipality and the Northeast Greenland National Park. The fjord and its glacier are named after German cartographer August Heinrich Petermann. Knud Rasmussen
Petermann_Fjord
Topics referred to by the same term
11,453 ft), a mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada Athabasca Glacier, a glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada Athabasca River, river in Alberta
Athabasca
Headstream of the Yukon River
Selkirk is at the juncture of the Pelly and Yukon Rivers. The Pelly rises in glaciers on the western slopes of the Selwyn Mountains above 1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Pelly_River
org Whisky Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org Kotick Point Formation at Fossilworks.org Triton Point Formation at Fossilworks.org Neptune Glacier Formation
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Antarctica
River in Washington, United States
long, it is formed by glaciers on the west side of Mount Rainier. It flows generally northwest, emptying into Commencement Bay, part of Puget Sound. The
Puyallup_River
Fjord in Greenland
bank Unnamed glacier on the left bank Snyder Bay on the left bank Borgbjerg Glacier with Bacchus Glacier Triton Glacier and Neptunus Glacier (Løberengletscher)
Nordvestfjord
the Gulf of Mexico, and Hudson Bay. The watersheds divide at Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park. If Hudson Bay is considered part of the Arctic
Geography_of_Montana
Recent shrinking of glaciers due to global warming
The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is a well-documented effect of climate change. The retreat of mountain glaciers provides evidence for the rise in global
Retreat of glaciers since 1850
Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850
Inlet in Nunavut, Canada
to the large outlet glacier centred over Foxe Basin during the Quaternary glaciation (Pleistocene), which gouged the Bay's basin, now flooded by the sea
Frobisher_Bay
Mountain on the United States-Canada border
Precipitation runoff and meltwater from its glaciers drains into Glacier Bay Basin. East aspect Margerie Glacier with Mount Forde Alaska portal Mountains
Mount Forde (Fairweather Range)
Mount_Forde_(Fairweather_Range)
River in Montana, United States
state of Montana, originates in the Canadian Rockies to the north of Glacier National Park and flows southwest into Flathead Lake, then after a journey
Flathead_River
Bay in Antarctica
coordinates) Yule Bay opens into the Pacific Ocean to the south of Davis Ice Piedmont and Missen Ridge. Chapman Glacier flows into the bay from the west.
Yule_Bay
The list of drainage basins by area identifies basins (also known as "catchments" or, in North American usage, "watersheds"), sorted by area, which drain
List of drainage basins by area
List_of_drainage_basins_by_area
Bay in Alaska, United States
scholarship based on Tlingit language work is that the area (of bay, mountain and glacier) was known as Sʼawdáan. There are two suggested origins, people
Holkham_Bay
Shallow estuary on the coast of California, US
glaciers in the Sierra Nevada washed huge amounts of sediment down the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, which accumulated on the shores of the bay,
San_Francisco_Bay
Term describing the parts of the three largest oceans nearest the Southern Ocean
Quelccaya Ice Cap and Qori Kalis Glacier in Peru, Zongo, Chacaltaya and Charquini glaciers in Bolivia, the Aconcagua River Basin in the central Chilean Andes
Subantarctic
Ice shelf in Antarctica
responsible. Lambert Glacier flows from Lambert Graben into the Amery Ice Shelf on the southwest side of Prydz Bay. The Amery Basin (68°15′S 74°30′E /
Amery_Ice_Shelf
One of the right bank tributaries of the Brahmaputra River
south and join the Brahmaputra River basin in India. The Brahmaputra flows into Bangladesh and drains into the Bay of Bengal. The soil erosion of Beki
Beki_River
Body of water in Antarctica
77.636966°S 163.591101°E / -77.636966; 163.591101 A glacier which occupies the elevated basin south of Mount Barnes. It drains southeast from 800 metres
New_Harbour_(Antarctica)
Bay in Antarctica
Turks Head, on either side of Turks Head Bay. The Erebus Glacier Tongue extends into the central part of the bay. Features on the east shore include Descent
Erebus_Bay
Glacier in Antarctica
beacon on one of the icebergs. Drygalski Basin List of glaciers in the Antarctic Erebus Glacier Tongue List of glaciers McMurdo Sound "CASTING NEW LIGHT ON
Drygalski_Ice_Tongue
Former lake in North America
corner of the Lake Superior basin while Lake Duluth was in the western end. The lakes became separated when the glacier reached the upper peninsula.
Lake_Minong
Since then the basin has been deepened mainly through subsidence caused by extensional tectonics. In the northern part of the Baltic Sea basin, including
Geology_of_the_Baltic_Sea
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