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Description
Aerial photograph. The mudflats of Turnagain Arm at low tide. This arm ofCook Inlet dashed Captain Cook's quest for a Northwest passage. It also is thelocation of one of the few tidal bores on the North American continent.
Credit
Alaska ShoreZone Program NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC; Courtesy of Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC
Location
Alaska, Upper Cook Inlet,Turnagain Arm
Collection
America's Coastlines