Cook Inlet

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Cook Inlet

Inlet, Gulf of Alaska in the northern Pacific Ocean. Bounded by the Kenai Peninsula on the east, it extends northeast for 220 mi (350 km), narrowing from 80 to 9 mi (129 to 14 km). Anchorage is situated near its head. It is a salmon and herring fishing ground and an oil field.

Cook Inlet

(Kenai Inlet) a gulf of the Pacific Ocean, located on the southern shores of Alaska. Length 370 km; width, 18–111 km; depth, 22–78 m. The shores in the south are high, rocky, and heavily indented, while those in the north are low-lying. Tides are semidiurnal and as great as 12 m. The strong tidal bore reaches 15.5 km per hr. The port of Anchorage is at the far end of the inlet. Cook Inlet was discovered and explored by J. Cook in 1778.

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No references found			95 Paperback QL737 Living at the mouth of Alaska's Cook Inlet, Lord (a commentator for National Public Radio's Living on Earth) watched the native Beluga Whale population precipitously decline over the course of only a few years, prompting her to begin the investigations that resulted in this book. Beluga days; tales of an endangered white whale by SciTech Book News For example, an Alaska Supreme Court decision that found a Cook Inlet drilling project in violation of state coastal law was quickly rendered moot by last-minute legislation. How crude can they get? Alaska still rolls over for big oil by Wolf, Elise / Earth Island Journal This isolation and the research-hospitable location of Cook Inlet make this species a good one to study. Beluga Days: Tracking a White Whale's Truths by Science News			Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway's Law Conway's Life Conway, Henry Seymour Conway, Hugh Conway, Jill Ker Conway, John Horton Conway, Moncure Daniel Conway, Sir Martin Conway, Thomas Conwell, Russell Conwell, Russell Herman Conwell-Weisskopf equation Conwy cony Conybeare COO cooC cooccurrence matrix Cooch Behar Cooder, Ry Cook Cook County Cook Forest State Park cook house Cook Inlet Cook Islands Cook Strait Cook, David J. Cook, Ebenezer Cook, Frederick Albert Cook, George Cram Cook, James Cook, Joe Cook, Mount Cook, Sir Joseph Cook, Thomas Cook, Will Marion cook-off cookbook Cooke Cooke County Cooke objective Cooke unit Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Ebenezer Cooke, Jay Cooke, John Cooke, Josiah Parsons, Jr. Cooke, Morris Cooke, Sam			Cook County Commission on Human Rights Cook County Department of Building and Zoning Cook County Department of Public Health Cook County Farm Bureau Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County Higher Education Cook County Hospital Cook County Juvenile Court Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation Cook County Recorder of Deeds Cook County Sheriff Training Institute Cook County, GA Cook County, Georgia Cook County, IL Cook County, Illinois Cook County, Minnesota Cook County, MN Cook Electric's Network Teleprocessing System Cook Forest Cook Forest State Park Cook Forest State Park, Pennsylvania cook goose cook goose cook goose Cook Hammond & Kell Ltd. cook house Cook Inlet Cook Inlet Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Cook Inlet Housing Authority Cook Inlet Information Management Monitoring System Cook Inlet Marine Mammal Council Cook Inlet Real Estate Services Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc. Cook Inlet Tribal Council Cook Inlet Tribal Council Inc. Cook Inlet, Alaska Cook Inlet, Alaska Cook Island Maori Cook Islands Cook Islands Cook Islands Cook Islands Christian Church Cook Islands Maori Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Cook Islands National Council of Women Cook Islands National Party Cook Islands Noni Marketing Ltd. Cook Islands People's Party Cook Islands Trading Corporation Cook Islands Trust and Banking Corporation Cook Islands Workers Association Incorporated Cook Islands/Military Cook Islands/Military

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