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Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords anchorages
16 places · Prince William Sound and Kenai
Two glacier cruising grounds on either side of the Kenai Peninsula. In the Sound, Whittier, linked to Anchorage by a road and rail tunnel, opens onto Bettles Bay and Granite Bay, Valdez lies at the head of its arm with Sawmill Bay nearby, Zaikof Bay sits on Montague Island, and Chenega and South Twin Bay are to the west. From Seward, Thumb Cove in Resurrection Bay, exposed to easterly williwaws, Paradise Cove in Aialik Bay, cliff-walled Taz Basin, Moonlight Bay, McArthur Pass and Nuka Bay. A 3 to 4 metre tide, ice from the Columbia Glacier to watch for and bears ashore.
1HarbourWhittier, United StatesCliffside Marina & Yacht Club
Private marina at Whittier, on Passage Canal in Prince William Sound, Alaska, 50 miles south-east of Anchorage.
- 2AnchorageUnited States
Bettles Bay
Bettles Bay State Marine Park, an anchorage on the west side of Port Wells in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
- 3AnchorageUnited States
Granite Bay
Granite Bay State Marine Park, an anchorage on the west side of Prince William Sound, Alaska, near the head of Port Wells.
4HarbourValdez, United StatesValdez Marina
Municipal small boat harbour at the head of Port Valdez, on the north shore of Prince William Sound in south-central Alaska, the northernmost ice-free port of the United States.
- 5AnchorageUnited States
Sawmill Bay
3.7Anchorage in Sawmill Bay State Marine Park, on the south side of Valdez Arm in Prince William Sound, Alaska, about 15 miles west of Valdez.
- 6AnchorageUnited States
Zaikof bay
Anchorage at the north-east end of Montague Island, at the south end of Prince William Sound, Alaska, off Hinchinbrook Entrance.
- 7HarbourChenega, United States
Chenega Harbour
1.4Small community harbour on the east shore of Evans Island in Crab Bay, southwest Prince William Sound, about 67 NM south-east of Whittier.
- 8AnchorageUnited States
South Twin Bay
Anchorage in western Prince William Sound, Alaska, in the waters off Knight Island Passage near the Native village of Chenega.
9HarbourSeward, United StatesSeward
4.3Full service harbour at the head of Resurrection Bay on the south coast of Alaska, base for the Kenai Fjords fishing and tour fleet and northern cruise terminal for the Alaska Railroad to Anchorage.
- 10AnchorageUnited States
Thumb Cove
Anchorage on the east side of Resurrection Bay, within Thumb Cove State Marine Park, about 7.8 miles south-east of Seward, Alaska.
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- 11AnchorageUnited States
Paradise Cove
3.2Cove on the outer Kenai Peninsula coast near Blying Sound, about 22 nm south of Seward in southern Alaska.
- 12AnchorageUnited States
Taz's Bay
4.6Natural harbour on the west coast of Granite Island, one of the Chiswell Islands on the south coast of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
- 13AnchorageUnited States
Moonlight Cove
3.5Anchorage on Kachemak Bay, on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, within reach of Homer by water taxi.
- 14AnchorageUnited States
Mc Arthur Cove
2.0Cove on the north coast of Ragged Island in the Pye Islands, off the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska.
- 15AnchorageUnited States
Quartz Bay
4.1Anchorage on the south shore of Kachemak Bay, on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, roughly 28 nautical miles east of Homer.
- 16AnchorageUnited States
Nuka Island
4.4Anchorage at Nuka Island, on the south-western edge of Kenai Fjords National Park, about 26 miles south-east of Homer, Alaska.
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