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Ptarmigan Peak is located on Baranof Island and 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north-northwest of Port Alexander, Alaska. [4] It is set on land managed by Tongass National Forest . [ 3 ] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slopes drains to Port Walter , whereas the west slopes drain to Big Branch Bay.
Baranof Island [a] is an island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska. The name "Baranof" was given to the island in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain U. F. Lisianski in honor of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. [1] It was called Sheet’-ká X'áat'l (often expressed simply as "Shee" [2]) by the native ...
The climate of the east of Alaska is best described as extreme and is an excellent example of a true continental subarctic climate. Some of the hottest and coldest temperatures in Alaska occur around the area near Fairbanks. The summers can have temperatures reaching into the 90s °F (near 34 °C), while in the winter, the temperature can fall ...
The trans-island flight is 30 minutes on a clear day and an hour on an overcast one. The Alaska Marine Highway does not service Baranof Warm Springs and there is no scheduled ferry/marine passenger services to the community. Baranof Warm Springs itself does not feature any roads, and the boardwalk does not accommodate ATVs.
A decline in the mountain goat population of Baranof Island led researchers to monitor the population in order to determine the best means of increasing population numbers. Originally, it was believed no mountain goats were native to the island, and mountain goats were actually imported into Baranof Island from neighboring islands.
Redoubt Lake, or Kunaa Shak Áayi, [2] is a long, narrow lake on Baranof Island, near Sitka, Alaska. It is located in a glacially-carved valley in Tongass National Forest. It was named Ozero Glubokoye, meaning "deep lake", in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasilyev. [3] Redoubt Lake is one of the largest meromictic lakes in North America ...
Port Alexander is located at the southeastern end of Baranof Island.It occupies all land on Baranof and its surrounding islets which lies south of 56.27°N and east of 134.6666°W, a total of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2), or less than one-quarter of one percent of Baranof Island's land area.
Location: Baranof Island, Alaska: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Artificial: Primary inflows: Wrinkleneck Creek, Arrowhead Creek: Primary outflows: Kettleson Memorial Library culvert: Catchment area: 5 sq mi (13 km 2) [2]: Basin countries: United States: Max. length.5 mi (0.80 km): Max. width.1 mi (0.16 km): Surface area: 22 acres (89,000 m 2): Average depth: 4.5 ft (1.4 m): Max. depth: 10 ft (3.0 m ...