Mendenhall Glacier
The glacier is located in the center of the Mendenhall Valley, which is located between Downtown Juneau and Auke Bay.The Mendenhall Glacier is roughly 12 miles long, from where it begins in the Juneau Icefield to where its end at the edge of the Mendenhall Lake in the USA's most remote wilderness state, Alaska.The glacier was named after the US scientist Thomas Corwin Mendenhall.
The glacier is located in the center of the Mendenhall Valley, which is located between Downtown Juneau and Auke Bay.The Mendenhall Glacier is roughly 12 miles long, from where it begins in the Juneau Icefield to where its end at the edge of the Mendenhall Lake in the USA's most remote wilderness state, Alaska.The glacier was named after the US scientist Thomas Corwin Mendenhall.
What is sight. The highlight of our Alaskan cruise.
Naturalists estimate that within a few years it will retreat onto land, and within 25 years retreat out of view entirely from the observation area and visitor center. The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center sits near the face of the glacier, which houses various glaciology exhibits, including a fabricated ice face of the glacier along with a large relief map of the ice field; spotting scopes that let you look for mountain goats; and a theater that shows the 11-minute film Landscape of Change.
Nugget Falls, also known as Nugget Creek Falls or Mendenhall Glacier Falls,