Kenai Fjords National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park is a wilderness area in southern Alaska, on the south coast of the Kenai Peninsula, west and southwest of Seward. It was proclaimed a national monument in 1978 and became a national park in 1980, with an area of 2,712 square kilometers. The park has documented several gold mines dating back to historical times. Mining activity was concentrated in Nuka Bay and some sites were active until the 1980s. There are eleven mine sites that have been documented, and two mine sites have been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The park is home to the Harding Icefield, one of the United States' largest icefields and named after its many fjords. The field is the origin of at least 38 glaciers, the biggest of them the Bear Glacier. Kenai Fjords National Park protects the ice field, the narrow strip of forest between the mountains and the sea, and the deeply rugged coastline. The park is home to a variety of land and marine mammals, among them Brown and Black Bears, moose, Timber Wolf, porcupine, Canadian Lynx, Mountain Goat, coyote, beaver and River Otter. Marine mammals include Sea Otters, Harbor Seals, Humpback and Killer Whales, Fin Whales, Minke Whales, Dall’s Porpoises, Pacific White-Sided Dolphins and Stellar Sea Lions. Among the birds nesting in the park are the Bald Eagle, the Peale's Falcon, the Black-Billed Magpie and the Steller's Jay. And the marine birds include the Tufted Puffin, the Horned Puffin, the Common Murre, the Thick-Billed Murre and the Marbled Murrelets.
Kenai Fjords National Park
Landscape at Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska in the United States of America (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
One of several glaciers at Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska in the United States of America (2011)
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Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) in Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska (2011)
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Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska (2011)
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska (2011)
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Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) in Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska (2011)
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Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) at Kenai Fjords in Alaska in the USA (2011)
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Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) in Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
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Kittlitz's Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) at Kenai Fjords in Alaska in the USA (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kittlitz's Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) at Kenai Fjords in Alaska in the USA (2011)
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Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) at Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) at Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) at Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula) at Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula) at Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula) at Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) in Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) in Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)
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Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) in Kenai Fjords NP in Alaska in the USA (2011)