{{Short description|Alaskan waterfall}} {{For|Nugget Falls, along the Rogue River|Dillon Falls (Jackson County, OHIO)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox waterfall | name = Nugget Falls | photo = Nugget Falls near Mendenhall Glacier, Aug 2016.jpg | photo_width = 250 | photo_caption = | location = East of Mendenhall Glacier, Auke Bay, Alaska | coords = {{coord|58.4272|-134.5367|type:landmark_region:US-AK|display=inline,title}} | elevation = | type = Cascade and Fan | height = {{convert|377|ft|m}} | width = {{convert|100|ft|m}} | height_longest = {{convert|278|ft|m}} | average_width = | number_drops = 2 | average_flow = Perennial | watercourse = Nugget Creek | world_rank = }} '''Nugget Falls''', also known as '''Nugget Creek Falls''' or '''Mendenhall Glacier Falls''', is a waterfall downstream of the Nugget Glacier, at the base of Bullard Mountain, in the U.S. state of Alaska. Formed by the creek from the Nugget Glacier, the waterfall drops {{convert|377|ft|m}} in two tiers of {{convert|99|ft|m}} and {{convert|278|ft|m}} onto a sandbar in Mendenhall Lake, which is the freshwater pool at the face of the Mendenhall Glacier. The lake then drains via Mendenhall River into the Inside Passage.<ref name=wwd>{{cite web|last=Bryan Swan|first=Dean Goss|url=http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=460|title=Nugget Falls|publisher=www.world-waterfalls.com|work=World Waterfall Database|accessdate=2009-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105154431/http://world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=460|archive-date=2010-01-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> The waterfall is fed by Nugget Creek, which is in turn fed by the Nugget Glacier, a tributary glacier on the mountainside east of Auke Bay. The creek cascades down towards Mendenhall Lake, forming a hanging valley, then plunges over the falls to the lake. Prior to the recession of Mendenhall Glacier, it was said that the falls would drop "directly on the glacier",<ref name=wwd/> or that the "glacier covered the waterfall".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nomadjournaltrips.com/mendenhall_glacier_alaska|title=Going It Alone: The Waterfall at Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska|last=Gabriel|first=Theresa|publisher=www.nomadjournaltrips.com|work=nomad journal trips|accessdate=2009-06-17|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602132930/http://www.nomadjournaltrips.com/mendenhall_glacier_alaska|archivedate=2009-06-02}}</ref>
==See also== * List of waterfalls * List of waterfalls in Alaska
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Category:Landforms of Juneau, Alaska Category:Waterfalls of Alaska
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