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Fire Island (Anchorage, Alaska)
Fire Island (Denaʼina language, Dena'ina: ''Nutuł'iy'') is a long island in the U.S. state of Alaska, located near the head of Cook Inlet at . It is the only island in the Anchorage, Alaska, Municipality of Anchorage, sitting three miles (5 km) off the city's Point Campbell, and nine miles (14.5 km) from downtown. Its land area is 17.467 km2 (6.7439 sq mi, or 4,316.1 acres), and there was no permanent resident population at the United States Census, 2000, 2000 census. Geology Fire Island is underlain by sedimentary rocks, atop which lie deep sand and gravel deposits from the surrounding tidal estuary.Nakanishi, Allan S. Overview of Environmental and Hydrogeologic Conditions on Fire Island, Anchorage, Alaska'. Anchorage, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey, 1995. Retrieved September 15, 2013. The island is ringed by steep bluffs that average about high, and the land elevation ranges from 25–90 above sea level. At low tide, it is possible to walk across the mud fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchorage Ak From Space
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 398,328 in 2020, accounting for more than half the state's population. At of land area, the city is the List of cities in the United States by area, fourth-largest by area in the United States and larger than the smallest state, Rhode Island, which has . Anchorage is in Southcentral Alaska, at the terminus of the Cook Inlet, on a peninsula formed by the Knik Arm to the north and the Turnagain Arm to the south. In September 1975, the City of Anchorage merged with the Greater Anchorage Area Borough, creating the Municipality of Anchorage. The municipal city limits span , encompassing the Urban area, urban core, a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, joint military b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
