Alaska Marine Highway System

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The Alaska Marine Highway System is a state-operated ferry network that provides vital passenger and vehicle transportation to coastal communities throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ferry system
public transportation network
state agency
connectsWith Alaska Highway
road system of Alaska
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designation All-American Road
National Scenic Byway
hasPart M/V Aurora
M/V Chenega
M/V Columbia
M/V Fairweather
M/V Kennicott
M/V LeConte
M/V Lituya
M/V Matanuska
M/V Tustumena
hasService freight service
passenger cabins
vehicle decks
walk-on passenger service
headquartersLocation Ketchikan
surface form: Ketchikan, Alaska
inception 1963
modeOfTransport ferry
passenger ship
roll-on/roll-off ship
operatedBy Alaska
surface form: State of Alaska
operator Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
ownedBy Alaska
surface form: State of Alaska
primaryFunction freight transport
passenger transport
vehicle transport
region Southcentral Alaska
Southeastern Alaska
surface form: Southeast Alaska

southwestern Alaska
surface form: Southwest Alaska
routeTerminus Bellingham, Washington
Dutch Harbor, Alaska
Haines, Alaska
Juneau
surface form: Juneau, Alaska

Kodiak Island
surface form: Kodiak, Alaska

Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Skagway
surface form: Skagway, Alaska
servesCommunityType coastal communities
remote communities
serviceArea Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Gulf of Alaska
Inside Passage
Pacific Northwest
shortName AMHS

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Haines, Alaska accessRoute Alaska Marine Highway System
this entity surface form: Alaska Marine Highway
M/V Aurora category Alaska Marine Highway System
this entity surface form: Alaska Marine Highway System vessels
Prince William Sound connectedBy Alaska Marine Highway System
Ketchikan Harbor connectsTo Alaska Marine Highway System
Port of Alaska connectsTo Alaska Marine Highway System
this entity surface form: Alaska highway system
M/V Lituya crewEmployer Alaska Marine Highway System
AMHS fullName Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Chenega governmentProgram Alaska Marine Highway System
Municipality of Skagway Borough hasTransportationLink Alaska Marine Highway System
Tongass Narrows isNavigatedBy Alaska Marine Highway System
this entity surface form: Alaska Marine Highway ferries
Ketchikan isStopOn Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Lituya network Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Aurora operator Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Chenega operator Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Columbia operator Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Fairweather operator Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Kennicott operator Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V LeConte operator Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Lituya operator Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Matanuska operator Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V Tustumena operator Alaska Marine Highway System
Inside Passage partOf Alaska Marine Highway System
M/V LeConte partOf Alaska Marine Highway System
this entity surface form: Alaska Marine Highway System fleet
M/V Matanuska partOf Alaska Marine Highway System
this entity surface form: Alaska Marine Highway
M/V Tustumena partOf Alaska Marine Highway System
this entity surface form: Alaska Marine Highway fleet
M/V Lituya publicTransportSystem Alaska Marine Highway System
this entity surface form: Alaska state ferry system
Prince Rupert, British Columbia servedBy Alaska Marine Highway System
Skagway servedBy Alaska Marine Highway System
Panhandle of Alaska transport Alaska Marine Highway System
Alexander Archipelago traversedBy Alaska Marine Highway System