Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeastern Alaska is noted for the massive tidewater glaciers that form cliffs of ice as high as 200 feet where they terminate in the waters of Glacier Bay. Designated a national monument in 1925, the bay and the surrounding mountains were made a national park and preserve in 1980. The area was named a Biosphere Reserve in 1986. The glaciers rise in the Saint Elias Mountains. Much of the 3,283,168-acre area of the park consists of bays and fjords, so boats are a popular mode of access.