Everything about The Gulf Of Alaska totally explained
The
Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the
Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of
Alaska, stretching from the
Alaska Peninsula and
Kodiak Island in the west to the
Alexander Archipelago in the east, where
Glacier Bay and the
Inside Passage are found.
The entire shoreline of the Gulf is a rugged combination of forest, mountain, and a number of
tidewater glaciers. Alaska's largest glaciers, the
Malaspina Glacier and
Bering Glacier spill out onto the coastal plain along the Gulf of Alaska. The coast is also heavily indented, with
Cook Inlet and
Prince William Sound the two largest connected bodies of water, but also including
Yakutat Bay and
Cross Sound.
Lituya Bay, is the site of the largest recorded
tsunami in history, and is a popular sheltered anchorage for fishing boats.
Meteorologically, the Gulf is a great generator of
storms. In addition to dumping vast quantities of snow and ice on southern Alaska, resulting in some of the largest concentrations south of the
Arctic Circle, many of the storms move south along the coasts of
British Columbia,
Washington, and
Oregon. Much of the seasonal rainfall in the
Pacific Northwest comes from the Gulf of Alaska.
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