. Admiralty Island interim guidelines. . Hasselbovg Lake. Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man. No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved . . — Charles Darwin THE SETTING Just off the mainland of the Alaskan Panhandle, near the southern extreme of the Gulf of Alaska, lies an immense island, rugged and densely forested. It is but one of the scores of large islands, washed by the chill waters of the north Pacific, which make up the Alexander Archipelago, but it is a special island. It is Admiralty Isl
. Admiralty Island interim guidelines. . Hasselbovg Lake. Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man. No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved . . — Charles Darwin THE SETTING Just off the mainland of the Alaskan Panhandle, near the southern extreme of the Gulf of Alaska, lies an immense island, rugged and densely forested. It is but one of the scores of large islands, washed by the chill waters of the north Pacific, which make up the Alexander Archipelago, but it is a special island. It is Admiralty Island . . What makes Admiralty special? In part, its size: Admiralty is nearly 100 miles long, and about 30 miles wide. It comprises over one million acres, an area half again as large as Rhode Island. In part, its coast: Admiralty's extremely irregular perimeter forms nearly seven hundred miles of shoreline. Over two dozen large bays and inlets etch Admiralty's coast. In part, its terrain: The island is rugged, mountainous. The highest peaks exceed 4,500 feet in elevation; a pair of receding glaciers near the island's center remain as reminders of the ice-sheets which once gouged out valleys and chiseled away mountains. 7. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Forest Service. Alaska Region. [Juneau?, Alaska] : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska Region
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