Map Of Southeast Alaska Islands
Southeast alaska is a narrow strip of coastline and offshore islands next to the province of british columbia sometimes referred to as the alaska panhandle.
Map of southeast alaska islands. Gehrels and henry c. State of alaska approximately 2 670 named islands help to make alaska the largest state in the united states. Southeast alaska is so un alaska while much of the state is a treeless expanse of land with a layer of permafrost the panhandle is a slender long rainforest that stretches 540 miles from icy bay near yakutat south to portland canal and is filled with ice blue glaciers rugged snowcapped mountains towering sitka spruce and a thousand islands known as the alexander archipelago. These islands protect the more inland coastal waters called the inside passage from large waves making them relatively easy to navigate.
Skagway juneau sitka and ketchikan. Map of southeast alaska author. We have classified these rocks into map units on the basis of their age and lithic type rather than their formally recognized names in an effort to emphasize the regional distribution of lithically similar and generally coeval. Y ak ut at cordova whit tier v alde z se ward homer k odiak aleutian islands cube cove elfin cove myers chuck port alexander bell s travel guides.
Prince of wales island prince of wales island is in southeastern alaska and is one of the largest islands in the united states. Berg introduction southeastern alaska is underlain by quaternary surficial deposits and by sedimentary volcanic intrusive and metamorphic rocks ranging in age from quaternary to proterozoic. Southeastern alaska from mapcarta the free map. Jimijames cc by sa 3 0.
Skagway skagway is a town with a population of less than a thousand in. To local residents it is known simply as southeast the region south of glacier bay consists of thousands of islands of various sizes which are collectively known as the alexander archipelago. Jsayre64 cc by sa 3 0. Southeastern alaska is sometimes called the alaska panhandle.
Southeast alaska includes the tongass national forest which manages admiralty island national monument and misty fjords national monument glacier bay national park sitka national historical park alaska s inside passage and myriad large and small islands it is the sixth largest national park in the united states on august 20 1902 president theodore roosevelt established the alexander archipelago forest reserve which formed the heart of the tongass national forest that covers most of. Geologic map of southeastern alaska by george e. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. This is a list of islands of the u s.
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