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Prince William Sound is sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of Alaska in the United States. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. The port of Valdez, at the southern terminus of the Alaska Pipeline, is the major port, located at the northern end of the sound. The sound has numerous small islands within it.In 1964, a tsunami killed here a number of Chugach villagers living in Chenega on the sound, as well as destroying the town of Valdez. In 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh ReefBligh Reef is a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. This was the location of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. after leaving Valdez, resulting in infamous oil spillAn oil spill is the release of oil into the natural environment, usually the ocean. Oil means oil of any kind or in any form and includes crude oil, oil refuse, petroleum-related products or by-products, oil mixed in waste, oily ballast, and oily bilge wa.
See also
- Cook InletThe Cook Inlet is a large inlet of the Gulf of Alaska in south-central Alaska. It stretches for approximately 195 miles or 310 kilometers southwest to northeast, separating the Kenai Peninsula from mainland Alaska. It branches into the Knik Arm and Turnag
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Alaska geography
