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

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) · Washington : Smithsonian Institution · leaf 277

An illustration from Harriman Alaska series. vol. I-V, VIII-XIV, 1910, leaf 277 — AK ISLAND While these observations cover but a small part of the island, they are so distributed as to throw considerable light on Pleis¬ tocene con¬ ditions. The glaciation of the eastern, northern and western ex¬ tremities of the island, and I' '■ ? * the notable FIG. 87. HILL BEHIND KADIAK… … FIG. 88. HANGING VALLEY NEAR KADIAK VILLAGE. yond the po¬ The lower ground was shaped by a large glacier moving from left to right. sition of the present coast line. The apparent absence of glaciation from salient features of the northwestern coast indicates

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