Information About

Calamity Gulch

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Calamity Gulch on The Map

Location

61 ° 13' 30" N,
142 ° 31' 44" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

2917 ft (889.1 m)

Calamity Gulch in Detail.

About

heads at glacier, trends SW to Young Creek 4 mi. W of junction of Sheep Creek, 20 mi. SE of McCarthy, St. Elias Mts. 4 miles long.

History

Name "used by disappointed prospectors" and reported by Mendenhall and Schrader (1903, fig. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).