Endicott arm
| Endicott arm | ||
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 The Dawes Glacier at the end of the fjord |
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| Waters | Stephens Passage | |
| Land mass | North America | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 37 ′ N , 133 ° 12 ′ W | |
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| width | approx. 6 km | |
| length | approx. 45 km | |
| Islands | Sumdum Island , Bushy Islands | |
| Tributaries | Dawes Glacier | |
The Endicott Arm is a fjord in the Boundary Ranges in the US state of Alaska , 80 km south of Juneau .
It's about 45 km long and 20% covered by ice. At the end of the fjord lies the Dawes Glacier . The fjord was named in 1889 by HB Mansfield after William Crowninshield Endicott , a Secretary of War under President Grover Cleveland .
The fjord is located in the Tongass National Forest on the Stephens Passage , a strait in the Alexander Archipelago , from which it runs in a southeastern direction. In 1980, the Endicott Arm together with the parallel Tracy Arm and its surroundings with a total of over 2640 km² were declared a Wilderness Area by the United States Congress under the name Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness , the strictest class of nature reserves in the United States.
On the north bank of the Endicott Arms, the long, narrow side bay branches off Ford's Terror .
