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Misty Fiords National Monument is located at the southern end of the Tongass National Forest and is best accessed about 35 km east of Ketchikan. It encompasses about 1 million hectares, making it the largest wilderness in Alaska’s national forests and the second largest in the nation. The protected lands are situated on Revillagegido Island and several nearby islands.
Misty Fjords has many long, deep fiords with sea cliffs rising for hundreds of meters. The islands are covered with thick forests that grow on nearly vertical slopes from sea level to …

Kenai Fjords is a majestic land of deep glacier-carved fjords bounded by forested mountains and sharp cliffs. This rugged coastline has many beautiful tidewater glaciers and abundant marine wildlife. Huge house-sized icebergs often crash from the tidewater glaciers into the sea.
Kenai Fjords National Park is comprised of 1,760 square miles (2,833 square kilometers) of protected land on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula. Snow and ice cover 60 percent of the park. The Harding Icefield is at the heart of the park, and about 40 glaciers flow from this great icefield. …