Gulf of Alaska - wikipedia Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Alaska Location South shore of Alaska Coordinates 57 ° N 144 ° W ﻿ / ﻿ 57 ° N 144 ° W ﻿ / 57 ; - 144 Coordinates : 57 ° N 144 ° W ﻿ / ﻿ 57 ° N 144 ° W ﻿ / 57 ; - 144 Part of North Pacific Ocean River sources Susitna River Basin countries United States, Canada Islands Kodiak Archipelago, Montague Island, Alexander Archipelago Settlements Anchorage, Juneau The Gulf of Alaska ( French : Golfe d'Alaska ) is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found. The entire shoreline of the Gulf is a rugged combination of forest, mountain, and a number of tidewater glaciers. Alaska 's largest glaciers, the Malaspina Glacier and Bering Glacier, spill out onto the coastal line along the Gulf of Alaska. The coast is heavily indented, with Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound the two largest connected bodies of water. It includes Yakutat Bay and Cross Sound. Lituya Bay is the site of the largest recorded tsunami in history. It is customarily a popular sheltered anchorage for fishing boats. Contents 1 Ecology 2 Meteorology 3 Extent 4 References 5 External links Ecology The Gulf of Alaska is considered a Class I, highly productive ecosystem ( more than 300 grams of carbon per square meter per year ) based on SeaWiFS data. Many deep water corals can be found in the Gulf of Alaska. Primnoa pacifica has contributed to the location being labeled as Habitat Areas of Particular Concern. P. pacifica is typically a deep water coral normally found between 150 metres ( 490 ft ) and 900 metres ( 3,000 ft ) here. Meteorology The Gulf is a great generator of storms. In addition to dumping vast quantities of snow and ice on southern Alaska, resulting in some of the largest concentrations south of the Arctic Circle, many of the storms move south along the coasts of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and as far south as Southern California ( primarily during El Niño events ). Much of the seasonal rainfall and snowfall in the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern United States comes from the Gulf of Alaska. Extent The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Gulf of Alaska as follows : On the North. The coast of Alaska. On the South. A line drawn from Cape Spencer, the Northern limit of ( the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia ) to Kabuch Point, the Southeast limit of ( the Bering Sea ), in such a way that all the adjacent islands are included in the Gulf of Alaska. According to the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System, the Gulf of Alaska is bounded on the north by the coast of Alaska and on the south by a line running from the south end of Kodiak Island on the west to Dixon Entrance on the east. References Jump up ^ Hogan, C. Michael ( 2011 ). `` Gulf of Alaska. Topic ed. P. Saundry. Ed. - in - chief C.J. Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth ''. National council for Science and the Environment. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 13. Jump up ^ Stone Robert P ; Shotwell S Kalei. ( 2007 ). `` State of deep coral ecosystems in the Alaska Region : Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands '' ( PDF ). In : Lumsden SE et al., eds. The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP - 3. Silver Spring, MD : 65 -- 108. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 13. Jump up ^ Waller, RG ; Stone, RP ; Mondragon, J ; Clark, CE ( 2011 ). `` Reproduction of Red Tree Corals in the Southeastern Alaskan Fjords : Implications for Conservation and Population Turnover ''. In : Pollock NW, ed. Diving for Science 2011. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 30th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL : AAUS ; 2011. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition '' ( PDF ). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Retrieved 7 February 2010. Jump up ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System : Gulf of Alaska External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gulf of Alaska. 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Question: where is gulf of alaska on a map
Answer: defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east