The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 64
... peaks in the vicinity of Dry bay should be designated by that name remains to be determined . In a record of the astronomical work of Malaspina's expedi- tion † there are some interesting observations on the position and elevation of ...
... peaks in the vicinity of Dry bay should be designated by that name remains to be determined . In a record of the astronomical work of Malaspina's expedi- tion † there are some interesting observations on the position and elevation of ...
Page 70
... peaks between Glacier bay and Cook inlet . Dall's account of this survey contains a brief sketch of previous explorations and a summary of the measurements of the higher peaks of the region . This material has been used on another page ...
... peaks between Glacier bay and Cook inlet . Dall's account of this survey contains a brief sketch of previous explorations and a summary of the measurements of the higher peaks of the region . This material has been used on another page ...
Page 72
... peak the name of the great navigator was applied . So existing nomenclature was followed as nearly as possible by attaching Malaspina's name to a peak about eleven miles east of Mount St. Elias . Its posi- tion is indicated on the ...
... peak the name of the great navigator was applied . So existing nomenclature was followed as nearly as possible by attaching Malaspina's name to a peak about eleven miles east of Mount St. Elias . Its posi- tion is indicated on the ...
Page 79
... peaks of the Fairweather range , from which flow many great ice - streams . The largest of the glaciers descending from these mountains into Glacier bay is called the Pacific glacier . Like the Muir glacier , it discharges vast numbers ...
... peaks of the Fairweather range , from which flow many great ice - streams . The largest of the glaciers descending from these mountains into Glacier bay is called the Pacific glacier . Like the Muir glacier , it discharges vast numbers ...
Page 85
... peaks above were all sharp and angular , indicating at a glance that they had never been subjected to glacial action . The sandstone and shales forming the naked cliffs are fractured and crushed , and are evidently yielding rapidly to ...
... peaks above were all sharp and angular , indicating at a glance that they had never been subjected to glacial action . The sandstone and shales forming the naked cliffs are fractured and crushed , and are evidently yielding rapidly to ...
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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