Information About

Gateway Knob

Gateway Knob

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yakutat
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 502 ft (153.01 m)
About

in Alsek River at river bend, 1 mi. W of 1961 terminus of Alsek Glacier, and 60 mi. SE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History of Gateway Knob

So named in 1906 by Blackwelder (1907, p. 428, 430), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because the hill represented the "jumping-off" place when crossing the glacier. The glacier was once at this hill but has since retreated.