page_title: Kuluk Bay
section_title: Emperor goose migration
hierarchical_section_title: Kuluk Bay / Ecology / Emperor goose migration
caption_attribution_description: English: Emperor goose by Lisa Hupp/USFWS
context_page_description: Kuluk Bay also known as Khulukh Bay is a small bay located at 51°52′30″N 176°33′47″W on the northeastern side of Adak Island, one of the larger Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands. The bay is significant for its ecology, role in the Second World War, and various examples of contemporary military and administrative action regarding the bay. Kuluk Bay borders the most developed portion of Adak Island; on its western coast lie the industrial and residential areas of the settlement of Adak. Kuluk Bay is also important for recreation on Adak Island, since beach combing and other beach activities are common on its sandy western shore.
  Adak’s coastline is characterized by steep downward slopes which continue well offshore; leading to extreme depth increase in Sweeper Cove and Kuluk bay with distance from the shoreline. In Adak, ground water is not typically used as a source of drinking water. Among other reasons, ground water may not be used because it is believed that Adak island’s fresh ground water overlies saltwater which enters the aquifer from the adjacent depths of Kuluk bay and Sweeper Cove.
  Fishing, for a variety of species, is another common activity in Kuluk Bay.
context_section_description: Perhaps most environmentally significant is Kuluk Bay's role in emperor goose migration. Emperor geese inhabit many of the Aleutian Islands and congregate in numbers as large as 1,000 at Kuluk Bay during the winter. This congregation is especially interesting because emperor geese are typically grouped sparsely and in small numbers during the winter; large gatherings are uncommon. During the winter, Kuluk bay is an important migratory area and serves as a wintering habitat for as much as 1% of the entire emperor goose population.
caption: Emperor goose
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