The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... ELIAS , ALASKA BY ISRAEL C. RUSSELL . ( Accepted for publication March 18 , 1891. ) CONTENTS . Introduction - The Southern Coast of Alaska ---- Part I - Previous Explorations in the St. Elias Region Page . 55 58 Bering , 1741 Cook ...
... ELIAS , ALASKA BY ISRAEL C. RUSSELL . ( Accepted for publication March 18 , 1891. ) CONTENTS . Introduction - The Southern Coast of Alaska ---- Part I - Previous Explorations in the St. Elias Region Page . 55 58 Bering , 1741 Cook ...
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... Elias Region . 167 Generel Features -- . 167 Yakutat System 167 Pinnacle System - 170 Geological Structure - St. Elias Schist .. Part IV - Glaciers of the St. Elias Region Natural Divisions of Glaciers Alpine Glaciers Characteristics of ...
... Elias Region . 167 Generel Features -- . 167 Yakutat System 167 Pinnacle System - 170 Geological Structure - St. Elias Schist .. Part IV - Glaciers of the St. Elias Region Natural Divisions of Glaciers Alpine Glaciers Characteristics of ...
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... Elias from Dome Pass ; drawn from a Photograph 118 146 20 - View of Mount St. Elias from Seward Glacier ; drawn from a Photograph 190 Figure 1 - Diagram illustrating the Formation of Icebergs - 2 - View of a glacial Lakelet ; from a ...
... Elias from Dome Pass ; drawn from a Photograph 118 146 20 - View of Mount St. Elias from Seward Glacier ; drawn from a Photograph 190 Figure 1 - Diagram illustrating the Formation of Icebergs - 2 - View of a glacial Lakelet ; from a ...
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... Elias ranges , is formed of a low table - land intervening between the mountains and the sea . Yakutat bay is the only bight in this plateau sufficiently deep to reach the mountain to the northward . This bay has a broad opening to the ...
... Elias ranges , is formed of a low table - land intervening between the mountains and the sea . Yakutat bay is the only bight in this plateau sufficiently deep to reach the mountain to the northward . This bay has a broad opening to the ...
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... Elias , " after the patron saint of the day . Cook , 1778 . The next explorer to visit this portion of Alaska was Captain James Cook , who sailed past the entrance of Yakutat bay on May 4 , 1778. Thinking that this was the bay in which ...
... Elias , " after the patron saint of the day . Cook , 1778 . The next explorer to visit this portion of Alaska was Captain James Cook , who sailed past the entrance of Yakutat bay on May 4 , 1778. Thinking that this was the bay in which ...
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