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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Cook Inlet

In 1976, the federal government granted the native-owned corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc., or CIRI, rights to Johnson Tract, an area near Tuxedni Bay known to have rich mineral deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

It also serves as a winter foraging site for Cook Inlet beluga whales, whose numbers have dropped to around 300.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023

“A rare combination of earthquake magnitude, location, and timing must be satisfied for tsunami wave energy to reach upper Cook Inlet coincident with a natural high tide,” the study states.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

The straits between Shuyak and Afognak are extremely dangerous, for the great tides from Cook Inlet draw through this narrow passage.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various