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The Matanuska River (Dena'ina: Ch'atanhtnu; Ahtna: Ts'itonhna’) is a 75-mile (121 km) long river in Southcentral Alaska, United States. [3] The river drains a broad valley south of the Alaska Range eponymously known as the Matanuska Valley .
Matanuska-Susitna Valley (/ m æ t ə ˈ n uː s k ə s uː ˈ s ɪ t n ə /; known locally as the Mat-Su or The Valley) is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. [1] It is known for the world record sized cabbages and other vegetables displayed annually in Palmer at the ...
Matanuska Glacier is a valley glacier in the US state of Alaska. At 27 miles (43 km) long by 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, it is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States. Its terminus feeds the Matanuska River. [2] It lies near the Glenn Highway about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Anchorage in Glacier View. The glacier flows about ...
The Matanuska, Susitna and Knik river valleys are of glacial origin and are hemmed in by high mountain ranges: the Alaska Range curves in the northwest, Talkeetna Mountains rise to the north and Chugach Mountains to the east. The marks of glacial advances and retreats are benches and terraces, depressions, moraines.
Lake Atna (/ ˈ ɑː t n ə /; also known as Lake Ahtna) was a prehistoric proglacial lake that initially formed approximately 58 ka (thousand years ago) in the Copper River Basin, an area roughly centered around 245 km (152 mi) northeast of modern-day Anchorage, Alaska.
Location of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Alaska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.
King Mountain State Recreation Site is a state park along the Matanuska River near Chickaloon, Alaska. It features a campground and other visitor amenities. It is located immediately northeast of King Mountain, at mile 76 of the Glenn Highway.
Matanuska Peak, a mountain summit in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska; Matanuska River, in Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, in Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Valley, in Alaska; Matanuska Valley Colony in Alaska; M/V Matanuska, a vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway System; Matanuska (crater), an impact crater on the minor planet 253 Mathilde