Turnagain Arm (Dena'ina: Tutl'uh) is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It is one of two narrow branches at the north end of...
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Chugach State Park (section Turnagain Arm)
Seward Highway follows part of the southern edge of the park along Turnagain Arm. This stretch of highway is listed as a National Scenic Byway and is...
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other being Turnagain Arm. Knik Glacier empties into the Knik Arm. The Port of Anchorage is located on the arm. The Dena'ina name for Knik Arm is Nuti, meaning...
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terminus of the Cook Inlet, on a peninsula formed by the Knik Arm to the north and the Turnagain Arm to the south. First settled as a tent city near the mouth...
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by 30 feet (9 m). Southeast of Anchorage, areas around the head of Turnagain Arm near Girdwood and Portage dropped as much as 8 feet (2.4 m), requiring...
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Cook Inlet (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage. On its southern...
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long stream flowing out of the Chugach Mountains, which enters the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet near Girdwood, Alaska. Crow Creek is the largest tributary...
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US. It is an affluent of Resurrection Creek, itself a tributary of Turnagain Arm. Palmer Creek flows northwest for 11 miles (18 km) before reaching Resurrection...
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Whittier, Alaska (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about 58 miles (93 km) southeast of Anchorage. The city is within the...
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Alaska Railroad (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
receivership. This route carried passengers, freight and mail to the upper Turnagain Arm. From there, goods were taken by boat at high tide, and by dog team...
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Turnagain may refer to: Turnagain Arm, a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska Cape Turnagain, a prominent headland on the east coast...
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Kenai Peninsula (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
The Kenai Peninsula (Dena'ina: Yaghenen) is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska. The name Kenai (/ˈkiːnaɪ/, KEE-ny) is derived...
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Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located near the end of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, Girdwood lies in a valley in the southwestern Chugach...
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Traveling north, the Seward Highway descends to skirt the edge of Turnagain Arm. The pass is a popular winter recreation area for skiers, snowshoers...
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by 30 feet (9 m). Southeast of Anchorage, areas around the head of Turnagain Arm near Girdwood and Portage dropped as much as 8 feet (2.4 m), requiring...
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Passage Peak (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Passage Peak is a prominent 5,990-foot (1,826 m) mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The unofficially named...
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Sheep Mountain (Kenai Mountains) (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Sheep Mountain is a 6,305-foot-elevation (1,922-meter) summit in Alaska, United States. Sheep Mountain is located on the Kenai Peninsula on land managed...
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Seward, Alaska (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Seward (Alutiiq: Qutalleq; Dena'ina: Tl'ubugh) is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the...
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ghost town Palmer, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Palmer Creek (Turnagain Arm), Alaska Palmer Creek (Yamhill River), Oregon Palmer Divide, Colorado...
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called because it is on a portage route between Prince William Sound and Turnagain Arm. Hundreds of years ago the glacier filled the entire Portage Valley...
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Mount McGhan (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Mount McGhan is a 4,730-foot-elevation (1,442-meter) mountain summit in Alaska, United States. Mount McGhan is located on the Kenai Peninsula on land managed...
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Sunrise, Alaska (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
60.88556; -149.42444 (60.885663, -149.424556), on the south shore of Turnagain Arm, a branch of Cook Inlet. It is bordered to the west by the community...
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Decline United States – Alaska 3.0 (± 0.4 SE) wolverines/1,000 km2 Turnagain Arm and the Kenai Mountains 2004 – United States – Rocky Mountains 28–52...
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Passage Canal (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Passage Canal is a natural bay (not an artificial canal) of Prince William Sound on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, United States. Its...
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Kenai Mountains – Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The heritage area...
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following in the United States: Crow Creek (Alaska), a tributary of Turnagain Arm Crow Creek (South Dakota), the site of the Crow Creek massacre Crow...
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Mount Mary (Alaska) (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Mount Mary is a 4,820-foot-elevation (1,469-meter) mountain summit in Alaska, United States. Mount Mary is located seven miles (11 km) east of Seward in...
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Bear Mountain (Seward, Alaska) (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Bear Mountain is a 4,019-foot (1,225 m) mountain summit located in the Kenai Mountains, on the Kenai Peninsula, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is...
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The Barry Arm landslide is an ongoing landslide in the Barry Arm fjord, northeast of Whittier, Alaska. The landslide is currently sliding into the waters...
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Andy Simons Mountain (category Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area)
Andy Simons Mountain is a prominent 6,407-foot (1,953 m) double summit mountain located in the Kenai Mountains, and the fourth-highest peak on the Kenai...
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