Information About

Blossom Island

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 0' 13" N,
140 ° 6' 54" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Parent

St. Elias Mountains

Elevation

1693 ft (516.03 m)

Blossom Island in Detail.

About

between Blossom and Hayden Glaciers, 35 mi. NNW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.;

History

So named by personnel of the joint National Geographic Society-U.S. Geological Survey Expedition to Mount St. Elias, in 1890, because the nunatak, surrounded by ice, was covered by a dense growth of flowers (Russell, 1891, p. 114).

Topo Maps

Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mount Saint Elias A-6 (1985), Mount Saint Elias A-6 SW (2017),

Places Near Blossom Island

Glaciers:

Blossom Glacier, Hayden Glacier, Lucia Glacier, Marvine Glacier, Pinnacle Glacier,

Lakes:

Malaspina Lake,

Mountains:

Blossom Island, Mount Cook, Floral Hills, Lucia Nunatak,

Mountain Passes:

Floral Pass, Pinnacle Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Hitchcock Hills,

Ridges:

Pinnacle Pass Hills,

Streams:

Kwik Stream, Lucia Stream, Sudden Stream,