Dutsen Alabaster
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Alabaster Peak babban koli ne 8,065 feet (2,458 m)* wanda ke da nisan mil 35 (56) km) gabas da Palmer, a arewacin Chugach Mountains na Alaska . Wannan kololuwar kwarin Matanuska an saita tsakiyar hanya tsakanin Anchorage da Glennallen, kuma ana iya gani daga babbar hanyar Glenn . Yana da nisan mil 15 (24 km) yamma da Matanuska Glacier da 1.8 miles (2.9 km) kudu da Maɗaukaki Peak . Ruwan hazo daga tsaunin yana gangarowa zuwa cikin Coal, Monument, and Gravel creeks, wadanda suke gabar kogin Matanuska . Taimakon Topographic yana da mahimmanci yayin da taron ya tashi 3,065 feet (934 m) tare da gangaren yamma a cikin mil ɗaya (1.6) km). An yi hawan farko na taron ne a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1970, ta Robert Spurr, Bob Pelz, da Royce Purinton ta hanyar Spectrum Glacier da North Ridge. [1] Hukumar {asashen Amirka ba ta kar~e ta a hukumance a kan sunan wannan dutsen ba, don haka an yi masa alamar "8065" a taswirar USGS.
Yanayi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Dangane da rarrabuwar yanayi na Köppen, Alabaster Peak yana cikin yankin yanayin yanayi mai tsayi da tsayi, sanyi, lokacin sanyi, da lokacin rani mai laushi. [2] Tsarin yanayin da ke fitowa daga Gulf of Alaska ana tilasta su zuwa sama ta tsaunin Chugach ( ɗaga orographic ), yana haifar da hazo mai yawa ta hanyar ruwan sama da dusar ƙanƙara. Yanayin hunturu na iya faɗuwa ƙasa da 0 °F tare da abubuwan sanyin iska ƙasa -10 °F. Wannan yanayin yana tallafawa ƙananan glaciers da ba a bayyana sunayensu ba da filayen dusar ƙanƙara a kan gangara. Watanni Mayu zuwa Yuni suna ba da mafi kyawun yanayi don hawa ko kallo.
