Alaska Peninsula

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The Alaska Peninsula is a long, rugged landform in southwestern Alaska that separates the Pacific Ocean from Bristol Bay and connects the North American mainland to the Aleutian Islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peninsula
adjacentTectonicPlate Pacific Plate
administrativeRegion Aleutians East Borough
Lake and Peninsula Borough
bordersBodyOfWater Bering Sea
Bristol Bay
Pacific Ocean
connects Aleutian Islands
contiguous United States
surface form: North American mainland
country United States of America
surface form: United States
extendsFrom Alaskan mainland
extendsToward Aleutian Islands
geologicalSetting subduction zone
hasEcosystem boreal forest
coastal wetlands
tundra
hasMountainRange Aleutian Range
hasNationalMonument Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
hasNationalPark Katmai National Park and Preserve
hasSettlement Chignik
Egegik
King Salmon, Alaska
surface form: King Salmon

Naknek
Perryville
Pilot Point
Port Heiden
hasVolcano Mount Aniakchak
Mount Chiginagak
Mount Katmai
Mount Pavlof
Mount Veniaminof
hasWildlifeRefuge Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
knownFor brown bear populations
high volcanic activity
rugged terrain
salmon runs
locatedIn Alaska
southwestern Alaska
surface form: Southwestern Alaska
oceanSide Gulf of Alaska
partOf Aleutian Arc
Pacific Ring of Fire
region Alaska Peninsula self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay region
separates Bristol Bay
Pacific Ocean
tectonicPlate North American Plate
usedFor commercial fishing
subsistence hunting and fishing

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Unangan people inhabit Alaska Peninsula
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq ethnicGroupOf Alaska Peninsula
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq indigenousTo Alaska Peninsula
this entity surface form: Alaska Peninsula region
Kenai Peninsula partOf Alaska Peninsula
this entity surface form: Alaska Peninsula physiographic region
Kamishak Bay locatedNear Alaska Peninsula
Brooks River locatedOn Alaska Peninsula
Cold Bay, Alaska locatedOn Alaska Peninsula
Mount Iliamna locatedOn Alaska Peninsula
Chignik, Alaska locatedOn Alaska Peninsula
Sand Point, Alaska locatedIn Alaska Peninsula
this entity surface form: Alaska Peninsula region
King Cove, Alaska locatedOn Alaska Peninsula
Egegik, Alaska locatedOn Alaska Peninsula
Pilot Point, Alaska locatedOn Alaska Peninsula
Igiugig, Alaska locatedIn Alaska Peninsula
Perryville, Alaska locatedIn Alaska Peninsula