Cook Inlet

American  

noun

1. an inlet of the Gulf of Alaska. 150 miles (240 km) long.

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Cook Inlet British  

noun

1. an inlet of the Pacific on the coast of S Alaska: part of the Gulf of Alaska

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Example Sentences

Alaska’s Cook Inlet, according to some estimates, could supply all the state’s power.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

An entrenched public perception holds that Anchorage is protected from tsunamis by the long, shallow Cook Inlet.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023

Their tsunami model traced the resulting wave toward Anchorage through the long Cook Inlet, which has uncommonly large tides.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023

The Cook Inlet basin is Alaska’s oldest producing oil and gas basin, dating back to the 1950s, according to the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

The Cook Inlet gold fields were exploited in 1894.

From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling