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Alaska's portion of the Inside Passage extends 500 miles (800 km) from north to south and 100 miles (160 km) from east to west. The area encompasses 1,000 islands and thousands of coves and bays. While the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska provides some protection from the Pacific Ocean weather, much of the area experiences strong semi-diurnal tides.
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia is a marine area designated by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO).. It comprises waterbodies along the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the Alaska Panhandle, United States; some waters off north-west Washington are also included.
A common water mass in the area is the Pacific Subarctic Upper Water (PSUW) mass with conservative (constant through time and space) properties of salinity (32.6-33.6 psu) and temperature (3-15 °C). PSUW moves into the Alaska Current from the North Pacific Current and may be mixed via Haida eddies into the subpolar gyre. [12]
The departure ports — San Francisco; Seattle; Vancouver, British Columbia; and the Alaskan cities of Seward and Whittier — each offer their own unique beauty and charm. Vancouver is ...
Many in coastal communities in Southeast and Southwest Alaska boarded to get groceries, travel to medical appointments, visit family and participate in sports. Last year, the system served just ...
Average monthly precipitation generally peaks in September or October, and is lowest in May and June. Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On ...
Nov. 3—Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley largely escaped the effects of freezing rain forecast overnight into Friday, but colder temperatures and a chance of snow are headed for much of ...
Ketchikan, Alaska seen from Tongass Narrows in August 2009. Tongass Narrows is a Y-shaped channel, part of Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage.The waterway forms part of the Alaska Marine Highway and as such, is used by charter, commercial fishing, and recreational vessels, as well as commercial freight barges and tanks, kayaks and passenger ferries.