Gateway Knob is a physical feature (island) in Yakutat Borough.
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Feature Name: | Gateway Knob |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Alsek River at river bend, 1 mi. W of 1961 terminus of Alsek Glacier, and 60 mi. SE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. |
History: | "So named in 1906 by Blackwelder (1907, p. 428, 430), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because the hill represented the ""jumping-off"" place when crossing the glacier. The glacier was once at this hill but has since retreated." |
Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
Latitude: | 59.1897239685 |
Longitude: | -138.182495117 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Gateway Knob: Gateway Knob.
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