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Kachemak Bay are extreme, with an average vertical difference (also called mean range) of 15.53 ft (4.73 m), and recorded extremes of 31.72 ft (9.67 m) as measured at the Seldovia Tide Station. The highest tide on record is 25.25 ft (7.70 m) above
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Bear Cove, Mallard Bay, Aurora Lagoon, Halibut Cove, Halibut Cove Lagoon, Peterson Bay, China Poot Bay, Neptune Bay, Sadie Cove, Eldred
Passage, Tutka Bay, Little Tutka Bay, Jakolof Bay, Kasitsna Bay, Seldovia Bay, Port Graham, English
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One interpretation of the word "Kachemak" is "Smokey Bay" which supposedly is from an
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and waterfowl populations of Lower Cook Inlet. Land mammals are frequently seen during the warmer seasons.
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in Alaska. There is no road access to most of the park; visitors must arrive by airplane or boat.
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Kachemak Bay the Country, the Communities
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599:"Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park"
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359:Port Graham
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268:Settlements
213:Max. length
164:Sheep River
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115:151°20′51″W
102:Coordinates
686:Categories
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650:2008-08-19
626:2024-02-21
605:2008-08-19
556:References
479:including
473:waterbirds
469:shorebirds
418:state park
410:wilderness
375:Voznesenka
331:U.S. state
327:Cook Inlet
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237:Max. depth
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112:59°36′33″N
465:Waterfowl
461:shellfish
453:nutrients
371:Fox River
323:Tika Kaq’
296:Fox River
160:Fox River
29:Tika Kaq'
539:See also
489:porpoise
392:Features
383:Razdolna
355:Nanwalek
351:Seldovia
319:Dena'ina
307:Razdolna
284:Nanwalek
280:Seldovia
87:Location
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439:in the
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505:coyote
493:whales
491:, and
481:otters
449:larvae
412:park,
381:, and
373:area,
361:, and
335:Alaska
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