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Cook Inlet
(redirected from Turnagain Arm)

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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.



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My new awakening led me to Alaska again for a solo springtime trek, 75 miles over the Resurrection Pass from a town called Hope on the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet (near Anchorage) to Seward, the home port of the R/V Alpha Helix, near Prince William Sound.
Located 40 miles south of Anchorage, along the scenic Turnagain Arm, the Alyeska Resort includes the 307-room Alyeska Prince Hotel, the Anchorage Golf Course, and Alaska's largest ski area.
View the splendor of Turnagain Arm and the Chugach Range from atop of Mt.
 
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