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  2. Kenai Fjords National Park - Wikipedia

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    Kenai Fjords National Park is a national park of the United States that comprises the Harding Icefield, its outflowing glaciers, and coastal fjords and islands. The park covers an area of 669,984 acres (1,046.9 sq mi; 2,711.3 km 2) [1] on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, west of the town of Seward.

  3. Kenai Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Kenai Peninsula (Dena'ina: Yaghenen) is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska.The name Kenai (/ ˈ k iː n aɪ /, KEE-ny) is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe", the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan tribe, the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina ("People along the Kahtnu (Kenai River)"), who historically inhabited the area. [1]

  4. Katmai National Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve in southwest Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears.The park and preserve encompass 4,093,077 acres (6,395.43 sq mi; 16,564.09 km 2), which is between the sizes of Connecticut and New Jersey.

  5. Mount Redoubt - Wikipedia

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    April 21, 1990 eruption column (to a height of about 5.6 mi (9 km)) [16] from Redoubt Volcano as viewed to the west from the Kenai Peninsula Fumaroles observed on the side of Mount Redoubt on January 31, 2009 Fumarole on March 21, 2009, the day before the eruption A plume of vapor from Mt Redoubt as seen from space on 5 May 2009.

  6. Resurrection Bay - Wikipedia

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    Resurrection Bay, also known as Blying Sound, and Harding Gateway in its outer reaches, is a fjord on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, United States. Its main settlement is Seward, located at the head of the bay. The bay received its name from Alexandr Baranov, who was forced to retreat into the bay during a bad storm in the Gulf of Alaska.

  7. Kenai, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Kenai is located at (60.558738, −151.229616), [1] on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula near the outlet of the Kenai River to the Cook Inlet of the Pacific According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 35.5 square miles (92 km 2 ), of which, 29.9 square miles (77 km 2 ) of it is land and 5.6 square miles (15 km ...

  8. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    It is adjacent to Kenai Fjords National Park. This refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai National Moose Range, but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The refuge is administered from offices in Soldotna. The Kenai Wilderness protects 1,354,247 acres of the refuge as wilderness ...

  9. Kenai Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Kenai Mountains (Dena'ina: Yaghanen Dghili) are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Alaska. They extend 192 km (120 mi) northeast from the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula to the Chugach Mountains , and have an average elevation of 3,000 to 5,000 feet.