The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 66
... broad , lying at the distance of about half a mile from the mainland . Opposite to the south part of this , named by Mr. Puget KNIGHT'S ISLAND , is Eleanor's cove , which is the eastern extremity of Beering's [ Yakutat ] bay , in ...
... broad , lying at the distance of about half a mile from the mainland . Opposite to the south part of this , named by Mr. Puget KNIGHT'S ISLAND , is Eleanor's cove , which is the eastern extremity of Beering's [ Yakutat ] bay , in ...
Page 78
... broad ice - foot on approaching the water , though it is not washed by the waves , owing to an accumulation of mud about its extremity . Another ice - stream is the Taku glacier , situated at the head of the inlet . It comes boldly down ...
... broad ice - foot on approaching the water , though it is not washed by the waves , owing to an accumulation of mud about its extremity . Another ice - stream is the Taku glacier , situated at the head of the inlet . It comes boldly down ...
Page 83
... broad plateau toward the southeast . Some of the most charm- ing effects in the scenery of the forest - clad and mist - covered shores of Alaska are due to the wreaths of vapor ascending from the deep forests during the interval in ...
... broad plateau toward the southeast . Some of the most charm- ing effects in the scenery of the forest - clad and mist - covered shores of Alaska are due to the wreaths of vapor ascending from the deep forests during the interval in ...
Page 90
... broad open fields of rocks and dirt , covering the glacier from side to side . This débris was clearly of the nature of a moraine , as the ice could be seen beneath it in numerous crevasses ; but no division into marginal or medial ...
... broad open fields of rocks and dirt , covering the glacier from side to side . This débris was clearly of the nature of a moraine , as the ice could be seen beneath it in numerous crevasses ; but no division into marginal or medial ...
Page 91
... broad terrace , marking the height of the great glacier which formerly occupied the site of Yakutat bay . The terrace formed a convenient pathway leading westward to a sharp ridge run- ning out from the mountains and connecting with an ...
... broad terrace , marking the height of the great glacier which formerly occupied the site of Yakutat bay . The terrace formed a convenient pathway leading westward to a sharp ridge run- ning out from the mountains and connecting with an ...
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Agassiz glacier Alaska Amazon appears avalanches base beneath Bering Bering island Bering's Blossom island border camp canoe carts chart Coast and Geodetic crest crevasses débris dense Disenchantment bay eastern elevation Elias range Elias region expedition exploration feet flows formed Geodetic Survey GEOG Geological Survey glacial Haenke island height Hitchcock range ice-streams Icy bay indicated Kamshatka Kerr l'Isle l'Isle's lake land longitude lower Lucia glacier Malaspina glacier margin Marvine glacier melting miles moraines Mount Augusta Mount Cook Mount Owen Mount St NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC National Geographic Society névé night observations peaks Pinnacle system plateau Port Mulgrave portion reached ridge river rocks route rugged Russian sandstone Seward glacier shale shore side slope snow snow-fields southern southward steep stones storm stream Street summit surface tent terrace tion topographic tunnel valley vegetation voyage western westward Yakutat bay Yakutat system