Icy Bay (Alaska)
Glaciers at Icy Bay
Icy Bay is a body of water in southeast Alaska, formed in the last 100 years by the rapid retreat of the Guyot, Yahtse, and Tyndall Glaciers. It is part of the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the bay entrance was permanently blocked by a giant tidewater glacier face that calved icebergs directly into the Gulf of Alaska. A century-long glacial retreat has opened a multi-armed bay more than long.
Icy Bay is popular destination for sea kayakers, and is reachable by bush plane from Yakutat.
References
(dead link) *Official National Park Service website
Coordinates: 59°59′24″N 141°23′25″W / 59.99000°N 141.39028°W
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