It stretches out into the open, one of the best wonder of nature I have in my experience as I journey through life. 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 Passage are found.
According to the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System, the Gulf of Alaska is bounded on the north by the coast of Alaska and on the south by a line running from the south end of Kodiak Island on the west to Dixon Entrance on the east.
So many times I've come to ask myself how this is possible, two different waters meeting but none 'dares' go over the other for any reason, I guess this was what Nicole Mullen was referring to in a line in one of her song "who told the ocean you can only come this far" because as far as i'm concerned it is not possible at all,... Don't know about you though!!!!!!
The entire shoreline of the Gulf is a rugged combination of forest, mountain, and a number of tidewater glaciers. Alaska's largest glaciers, the Malaspina Glacier and Bering Glacier spill out onto the coastal line along the Gulf of Alaska. The coast is also heavily indented, with Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound the two largest connected bodies of water, but also including Yakutat Bay and Cross Sound. Lituya Bay is the site of the largest recorded tsunami in history and is a popular sheltered anchorage for fishing boats.
I've read many articles about the "gulf of alaska" and discovered that different people in different organisation have tried coming up with a possible explanation behind this wonder of nature. The Christians will simply say it is a sign or evidence that God exist which of course I don't doubt while the scientists said it is due to difference in density between two waters which is mind disturbing in the sense that if what the scientists said is true then will a Lake water and a sea water not mix when poured into the same bucket???
I don't know if any one has a better explanation but seriously this ought to added to the wonders of the world ##ENIGMA!!!!
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