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    Prince William Sound (Sugpiaq: Suungaaciq) is a sound off the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east...
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    near College Fjord in Prince William Sound. The epicenter of the earthquake was 12.4 mi (20.0 km) north of Prince William Sound, 78 miles (126 km) east...
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    worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker...
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  • Prince William Sound College (formerly Prince William Sound Community College and also known as PWSC and P-DUB) is a college located at 303 Lowe St. in...
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  • Gravina Island is an island within the Chugach National Forest in Prince William Sound. "Gravina Island, PWS-NE36" (PDF). Alaska Department of Environmental...
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    was once part of the portage route of the Chugach people native to Prince William Sound. Later, the passage was used by Russian and American explorers, and...
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    was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling its cargo of crude oil into the sea. On 24 March 1989,...
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  • The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council is an independent non-profit organization based in Anchorage and Valdez, Alaska, whose mission...
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    as Bligh Island Reef, is a reef off the coast of Bligh Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska. This was the location of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill...
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    The ship was named after Prince William Sound, Alaska. Following an abbreviated shakedown off the west coast, Prince William reported for duty with the...
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    military building in Whittier, Alaska, on the Western edge of the Prince William Sound. During the early stages of World War II, General Simon Buckner commanded...
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    ocean-certified MV Tustumena was completed, the Chilkat moved to Prince William Sound, and the AMHS started service in Southcentral. In 1969, that service...
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    the Copper River, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound. The population was 2,609 at the 2020 census, up from 2,239 in 2010...
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    it is located at the head of Port Valdez on the eastern side of Prince William Sound. The city was incorporated in 1901, but did not flourish until after...
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  • Shoup Bay is an inlet of Port Valdez inside the Valdez Arm of Prince William Sound in Alaska. steep-walled, flat-bottomed basin with a depth of approximately...
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    The Harvard Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in the Alaska's Prince William Sound. The glacier has a 1.5-mile (2 km) wide face where it calves into...
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  • Prince William Sound, Alaska, named for The Prince William, Duke of Clarence Prince William, Indiana, an unincorporated community named for The Prince William...
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    and as far north as 65°N in Alaska, notably appearing en masse in Prince William Sound during the annual salmon run. Individuals have been observed diving...
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    Sound Chilean Sea Gulf of Corcovado Gulf of Penas Moraleda Channel Reloncaví Sound Sea of Chiloé Gulf of Alaska Cook Inlet Glacier Bay Prince William...
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    fill to raise the Seward Highway above the new high tide mark. In Prince William Sound, Port Valdez suffered a massive underwater landslide, resulting in...
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  • United States Navy have been named USS Prince William, after Prince William Sound in Alaska. USS Prince William (CVE-19) was transferred to the Royal Navy...
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    homelands date back to over 7,500 years ago, and include areas such as Prince William Sound and outer Kenai Peninsula (Chugach Sugpiaq), the Kodiak Archipelago...
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    Pacific sleeper sharks Somniosus pacificus captured off Alaska in Prince William Sound". The Journal of Parasitology. 88 (3): 474–81. doi:10...
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    Chenega Glacier - Prince William Sound Chickamin Glacier (Alaska) Clark Glacier - Glacier Bay Columbia Glacier - Prince William Sound Cul-de-sac Glacier...
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    accretionary complex of Paleogene age called the Prince William terrane that extends across Prince William Sound westward through the Kodiak Island area, underlying...
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    an Alaska Native people in the region of the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound on the southern coast of Alaska. The Chugach people are an Alutiiq...
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    The Columbia Glacier, a glacier in Prince William Sound on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, is one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world...
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    Orca Inlet is an arm of Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. The town of Cordova was founded on its coast in 1906. All marine traffic reaches the town...
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    and Prince William Sound, the two largest connected bodies of water. It includes Yakutat Bay and Cross Sound. Lituya Bay (a fjord north of Cross Sound, and...
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    homelands date back to over 7,500 years ago, and include areas such as Prince William Sound and outer Kenai Peninsula (Chugach Sugpiaq), the Kodiak Archipelago...
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