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Aerial photograph

Description

Aerial photograph. A remarkable display of differential erosion in folded strata at Contact Point. Contact Point was named by the United States GeologicalSurvey because of the fault contact between two geological formations at thislocation.

Credit

Alaska ShoreZone Program NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC; Courtesy of Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC

Location

Alaska, Cook Inlet, Kamishak Bay, Contact Point

Collection

America's Coastlines