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Kachemak Bay

Bay in the southwestern Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States

Summary

Bay in the southwestern Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States

Field	Value
name	Kachemak Bay
native_name	tfn
image	[[File:Sunrise on Kachemak Bay.jpg	250px]]
caption	Kachemak Bay at sunrise, 2009
location	Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
coords
inflow	Fox River, Sheep River, Grewingk River, Wosnesenski River, Seldovia River, Bradley River, Portlock River, Martin River, English Bay River
type	Bay
pushpin_map	Alaska
basin_countries	United States
length	40 mi
width	6 mi
depth	150 ft
max-depth	576 ft
islands	Chugachik Island, Bear Island, Ismailof Island, San Juan Island, Herring Islands, Cohen Island, Yukon Island, Hesketh Island, Grass Island, Powder Island, Gull Island, Mermaid Island
sections	Bear Cove, Mallard Bay, Aurora Lagoon, Halibut Cove, Halibut Cove Lagoon, Peterson Bay, China Poot Bay, Neptune Bay, Sadie Cove, Eldred Passage, Tutka Bay, Little Tutka Bay, Jakolof Bay, Kasitsna Bay, Seldovia Bay, Port Graham, English Bay
cities	Homer, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Kachemak City, Fox River Voznesenka, Kachemak Selo, Razdolna

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Kachemak Bay (Dena'ina: Tika Kaq’) is a 40-mi-long (64 km) arm of Cook Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula. The communities of Homer, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Kachemak City are on the bay as well as three Old Believer settlements in the Fox River area, Voznesenka, Kachemak Selo, and Razdolna.

One interpretation of the word "Kachemak" is "Smokey Bay" which supposedly is from an Alutiiq word describing the smoldering coal seams that used to fill the bay with smoke.

Features

Kachemak Bay is home to Alaska's only state wilderness park, Kachemak Bay State Park. Kachemak Bay State park was the first state park in Alaska.{{cite web | archive-date = 2008-07-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080718185116/http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/kbay/kbay.htm | url-status = dead thumb|left|A juvenile bald eagle (at top of the photo) is hunting at a Gull Island bird rookery. In the foreground are visitors observing seabirds. May 2011 Kachemak Bay is also home to the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the largest reserve in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.{{cite web | access-date = 2008-08-19}} Both fish and shellfish are abundant in the bay, year-round. Waterfowl and shorebirds occupy the bay during all but the winter season, while water birds and marine mammals including otters, seals, porpoise, and whales remain in the bay all year. The bay provides winter homes for 90% of the seabird and waterfowl populations of Lower Cook Inlet. Moose, coyote, and bears are frequently seen in warmer months.

The tides at Kachemak Bay are extreme, with an average vertical difference (also called mean range) of 15.53 ft, and recorded extremes of 31.72 ft as measured at the Seldovia Tide Station. The highest tide on record is 25.25 ft above MLLW (mean lower low water) and occurred on November 15, 1966. The lowest tide on record is -6.4 ft from MLLW and occurred on April 27, 2002.{{cite web

References

"The Natural Environment of Kachemak Bay".
(1981). "A History of Kachemak Bay the Country, the Communities". Homer Society of Natural History.

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