Russell Fiord (Alaska)
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Name (Latin)
Russell Fiord (Alaska)
Other forms of name
Russell Lake (Alaska)
Coordinates
-139.373932 -139.373932 59.932312 59.932312 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Glacial lakes Alaska
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1677189
Library of congress:
sh 90004098
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Seitz, H.R. The storage and release of water from a large glacier-dammed lake, 1986:p. 1 (Russell Fiord, near Yakutat, Alaska; Russell Lake unofficially named)
- GNIS. Alaska.
- Lippincott.
Wikipedia description:
Russell Fiord, also spelled Russell Fjord, is a fjord in the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends north to Disenchantment Bay, the terminus of Hubbard Glacier, at the head of Yakutat Bay. The fjord was named in 1901 by Marcus Baker of the U.S. Geological Survey for explorer Israel Russell, who discovered the estuary in 1891 while exploring the Yakutat region. The opening into Disenchantment Bay has been periodically blocked by Hubbard Glacier, turning Russell Fiord into a lake collecting freshwater run-off from the glacier. The entrance closed from May to October 1986, and again briefly in 2002.
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