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Harriman Alaska series. vol. I-V, VIII-XIV (1910)

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) · Washington : Smithsonian Institution · leaf 249

An illustration from Harriman Alaska series. vol. I-V, VIII-XIV, 1910, leaf 249 — anal are well-defined features. At the water’s edge and for some distance above, their con¬ tours are simple. There are few bays and no jutting prom¬ ontories. The slope of the walls is not so steep as in some fiords; it rarely exceeds 45 °, and in places is as low as 30°. Near the head of the… … FIG. 76. HANGING GLACIER, TAIYA INLET. glaciers and The sill of the hanging valley is 3,500 feet above sea-level. For separated by more than 1,000 feet below the glacier the fiord wall is kept bare by falling fragments of ice. narrow tenti- form spurs. These troughs, gorges and spurs approach the…

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