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Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet An inlet of the Gulf of Alaska in southern Alaska west of the Kenai Peninsula. It is a major fishing ground for salmon and herring and has the largest tidal bore in the United States.Cook Inlet n (Placename) an inlet of the Pacific on the coast of S Alaska: part of the Gulf of Alaska Cook′ In′let
n. an inlet of the Gulf of Alaska. 150 mi. (240 km) long. Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet (Kenai Inlet) a gulf of the Pacific Ocean, located on the southern shores of Alaska. Length 370 km; width, 18–111 km; depth, 22–78 m. The shores in the south are high, rocky, and heavily indented, while those in the north are low-lying. Tides are semidiurnal and as great as 12 m. The strong tidal bore reaches 15.5 km per hr. The port of Anchorage is at the far end of the inlet. Cook Inlet was discovered and explored by J. Cook in 1778. AcronymsSeeCI |