Gulf of Alaska
General data
- Water type: Bay
- Progression: Pacific Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Subpolar
- Continents: North America
- Countries: Canada, United States of America
Description
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 Gulf shoreline is a 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 line along the Gulf of Alaska. The coast is heavily indented with Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound, the two largest connected bodies of water. It includes Yakutat Bay and Cross Sound. Lituya Bay (a fjord north of Cross Sound, and south of Mount Fairweather) is the site of the largest recorded tsunami in history. It serves as a sheltered anchorage for fishing boats.
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Catches
