page_title: Russell Fjord
section_title: Russell Fjord Wilderness
hierarchical_section_title: Russell Fjord / Russell Fjord Wilderness
caption_attribution_description: English: This picture shows the southeast edge of the Hubbard Glacier, beyond the gap is the Russell Fiord. This picture is looking to east direction from Disenchantment Bay, Alaska. The gap was periodically blocked by the glacier and the Russell Fiord turned into a lake collecting freshwater run-off from the glacier.
context_page_description: Russell Fjord is a fjord in the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends north to Disenchantment Bay, the terminus of Hubbard Glacier, at the head of Yakutat Bay. The fjord was named in 1906 by Marcus Baker of the U.S. Geological Survey for explorer Israel Russell, who discovered the estuary in 1891 while exploring the Yakutat region.
  The opening into Disenchantment Bay was periodically blocked by the glacier and the Russell Fjord turned into a lake collecting freshwater run-off from the glacier. The entrance closed from May to October 1986, and again briefly in 2002.
context_section_description: The Russell Fjord Wilderness is a wilderness area within the Tongass National Forest, protecting 348,701 acres (1,411 km²) surrounding the fjord. The wilderness was established by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980  and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness borders it to the northwest.
caption: Opening into Russell Fjord
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