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Kenai Peninsula

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Kenai Peninsula (kē`nī), S Alaska, jutting c.150 mi (240 km) into the Gulf of Alaska, between Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet. The Kenai Mts., c.7,000 ft (2,130 m) high, occupy most of the peninsula. The coastal climate is mild, with abundant rainfall and a growing season adequate for many crops. There are forest, mineral, and fishing resources in the east and, in the western section, good farmland. The Alaska RR crosses the peninsula from Seward. On the south coast of the peninsula is Kenai Fjords National Park Kenai Fjords National Park, 669,983 acres (271,248 hectares), S Alaska. The park features the great Harding Icefield and its radiating glaciers, many of which descend to tidewater, and a magnificent series of fjords along the coast of Kenai Peninsula, with rain
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, which has striking glacial formations and contains the breeding areas for a variety of birds and sea mammals.

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You may not know that its president this year is Melody Douglas, who, along With her ASBO duties (and being the author of this quote), also juggles being the chief financial officer for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Soldotna, Alaska.
The Kenai Peninsula is often named as one of the most diverse and beautiful regions of Alaska.
I was selected to be the superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on the south-central coast of Alaska in March 1999.
 
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