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pl23_line5101.jpg

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Description

Aerial photograph. Looking to the north west from Cape Spencer, the northernmost entrance to Alaska's Inland Passage. Jointed igneous or metamorphic rocksshow enhanced erosion along the predominant joint pattern. Algae covers thetidal zone of the bared rocks and kelp forests are seen offshore.

Credit

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

Location

Alaska, Cape Spencer

Collection

America's Coastlines