Gulf of Alaska

Gulf of Alaska
An arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east

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  • Gulf of Alaska — The Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside… …   Wikipedia

  • Gulf of Alaska — Sp Aliãskos įlanka Ap Gulf of Alaska L ŠR Ramiajame vand., JAV (Aliaska) …   Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė

  • Gulf of Alaska — noun a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago • Instance Hypernyms: ↑gulf • Part Holonyms: ↑Pacific, ↑Pacific Ocean …   Useful english dictionary

  • Gulf of Alaska — Golf von Alaska Der Golf von Alaska ist ein Arm des Pazifischen Ozeans im Süden Alaskas zwischen der Alaska Halbinsel und der Kodiak Insel im Westen bis hin zum Alexanderarchipel in Osten mit der Glacier Bay und der Inside Passage. Die gesamte… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alaska, Gulf of — Gulf, southern Alaska, U.S. Situated between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago, it receives the Susitna and Copper rivers. Ports on the gulf include Anchorage, Seward, and Valdez; the last is North America s northernmost ice free …   Universalium

  • Gulf of Oman — The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman (Arabic: خليج عُمان‎ Ḫalīdj ʾUmān; alternatively known as خليج مکران , Ḫalīdj Makrān; in Persian: دریای عمان Daryā ye Ommān, or دریای پارس Daryā ye Pārs) is a strait (and not an actual gulf) that connects the… …   Wikipedia

  • Alaska — Alaskan, adj., n. /euh las keuh/, n. 1. a state of the United States in NW North America. 400,481; 586,400 sq. mi. (1,519,000 sq. km). Cap.: Juneau. Abbr.: AK (for use with zip code), Alas. 2. Gulf of, a gulf of the Pacific, on the coast of S… …   Universalium

  • Alaska — This article is about the U.S. state of Alaska. For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). Alaskan redirects here. For other uses, see Alaskan (disambiguation). State of Alaska …   Wikipedia

  • Alaska Current — an ocean current flowing counterclockwise in the Gulf of Alaska. * * * ▪ current, Gulf of Alaska       surface oceanic current, a branch of the West Wind Drift that forms a counterclockwise gyre in the Gulf of Alaska. In contrast to typical sub… …   Universalium

  • Alaska Current — The Alaska Current is a northward warm water current along the coast of British Columbia and the Alaska Panhandle. The current results from the northward diversion of a portion of the North Pacific Current when that current meets the west coast… …   Wikipedia

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