Cook Inlet

E59552

inlet tidal estuary

Cook Inlet is a large tidal estuary in south-central Alaska known for its dramatic tides, oil and gas fields, and role as a key marine waterway near Anchorage.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Cook Inlet canonical	62
Cook Inlet region	9
Cook Inlet basin	6
Cook Inlet watershed	4
Cook Inlet shipping lanes	2
Cook Inlet ecosystem	1
Cook Inlet marine system	1
Cook Inlet planning area	1
Cook Inlet region of Alaska	1
Knik Arm of Cook Inlet	1
Lower Cook Inlet	1
Lower Cook Inlet Sugpiaq	1
lower Cook Inlet	1
upper Cook Inlet	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	inlet ⓘ tidal estuary ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
explorationYear	1778 ⓘ
governedBy	Alaska ⓘ surface form: State of Alaska
hasArm	Kamishak Bay ⓘ Knik Arm ⓘ Trading Bay ⓘ Turnagain Arm ⓘ
hasAverageTidalRange	among the highest in North America ⓘ
hasClimate	subarctic maritime ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern	endangered beluga whale population ⓘ habitat degradation ⓘ oil spill risk ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature	volcanic arc along the west side ⓘ
hasHazard	strong currents and shifting shoals for navigation ⓘ
hasIceConditions	seasonal sea ice in winter ⓘ
hasIndigenousConnection	Alaska Natives ⓘ surface form: Dena’ina people Sugpiaq people ⓘ surface form: Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) people
hasIndustry	commercial fishing industry ⓘ commercial shipping ⓘ natural gas production ⓘ offshore oil production ⓘ onshore oil production ⓘ
hasIsland	Chisik Island ⓘ East Foreland ⓘ Fire Island ⓘ Kalgin Island ⓘ West Foreland ⓘ
hasMajorCityOnShore	Anchorage ⓘ Homer ⓘ Kenai ⓘ
hasMajorRiverMouth	Anchor River ⓘ Drift River ⓘ Kenai River ⓘ Knik River ⓘ Matanuska River ⓘ Ninilchik River ⓘ Susitna River ⓘ
hasMouthNear	Anchorage ⓘ
hasNearbyVolcano	Mount Iliamna ⓘ Mount Redoubt ⓘ Mount Spurr ⓘ
hasPort	Homer Harbor ⓘ Port of Alaska ⓘ surface form: Port of Anchorage Port of Nikiski ⓘ
hasRegulatoryBody	Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council ⓘ
hasResource	crude oil ⓘ natural gas ⓘ
hasWildlife	Cook Inlet beluga whale ⓘ Pacific salmon ⓘ bald eagle ⓘ halibut ⓘ harbor seal ⓘ sea otter ⓘ
isNavigationRouteFor	cargo ships serving Anchorage ⓘ fishing vessels ⓘ oil tankers ⓘ
knownFor	as a key marine waterway near Anchorage ⓘ beluga whale population ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ large tidal range ⓘ oil and gas fields ⓘ strong tidal currents ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Southcentral Alaska ⓘ surface form: south-central Alaska
namedAfter	James Cook ⓘ
near	Anchorage ⓘ
partOf	Gulf of Alaska ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
wasExploredBy	James Cook ⓘ

Referenced by (92)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anchorage → locatedOn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Alutiiq → region → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Cook Inlet

Alaska Range → drainageTo → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet basin

District of Alaska → contains → Cook Inlet ⓘ

United States territorial waters → adjacentTo → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Southcentral Alaska → contains → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Southcentral Alaska → hasCoastlineOn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Port of Alaska → locatedIn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Sugpiaq → hasSubgroup → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Cook Inlet Sugpiaq

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport → locatedOn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Seward Highway → hasViewOf → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Mount Redoubt → near → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Susitna River → flowsInto → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Susitna River → mouthLocation → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Susitna River → drainageBasin → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet basin

Susitna River → region → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet region

Kenai → locatedOn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kenai → hasViewOf → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kenai → hasCoastlineOn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Homer → locatedOn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Homer → locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: lower Cook Inlet

Matanuska-Susitna Borough → borderedByBodyOfWater → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Matanuska River → flowsInto → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Matanuska River → riverSystem → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet watershed

Lake and Peninsula Borough → bordersBodyOfWater → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Alaska Outer Continental Shelf → contains → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet planning area

Municipality of Anchorage → bordersBodyOfWater → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Alaska Northern Railway → servedRegion → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet region

Turnagain Arm → partOf → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Knik Arm → partOf → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Knik Arm → region → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet basin

Knik Arm → flowsInto → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kenai Peninsula Borough → hasCoastlineOn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kenai Mountains → borders → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kenai Mountains → drainageTo → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kenai Peninsula → borders → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Trading Bay → locatedIn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kamishak Bay → locatedIn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kamishak Bay → partOf → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet ecosystem

West Foreland → locatedIn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

West Foreland → hasCoastlineOn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

West Foreland → hasNearbyFeature → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet shipping lanes

Cook Inlet beluga whale → locatedIn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Cook Inlet beluga whale → endemicTo → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Cook Inlet beluga whale → distribution → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: upper Cook Inlet

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council → locatedIn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Inlet region

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council → regionServed → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kalgin Island → locatedIn → Cook Inlet ⓘ

Kalgin Island → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Cook Inlet ⓘ

East Foreland → locatedIn → Cook Inlet ⓘ