Information About

Osar Stream

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 43' 55.999" N,
140 ° 11' 43.001" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

16 ft (4.88 m)

Osar Stream in Detail.

About

heads in lake at terminus of Malaspina Glacier and flows S and to Yakutat Bay, 4 mi. NE of Point Manby and 20 mi. NW of Yakutat, Mapaspina Coastal Palin.

History

Named in 1891 by Russell (1892, pl. 4, p. 81). This is a Swedish term for what we now call an esker--a long narrow ridge of gravel and sand associated with a retreated glacier.

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat C-6 (1985), Yakutat C-6 NW (2017),

Places Near Osar Stream

Beaches:

Schooner Beach,

Capes:

Point Manby,

Lakes:

Malaspina Lake,

Streams:

Alder Stream, Forney Stream, Kame Stream, Manby Stream, Osar Stream,