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The Kenai Peninsula is a large peninsula jutting from the southern coast of Alaska in the United States. The name Kenai is probably derived from Kenayskaya, the Russian name for the Cook Inlet, which borders the peninsula to the west. It extends approximately 150 miles (240 km) southwest from the Chugach Mountains, south of Anchorage. It is separated from the mainland on the west by the Cook Inlet and on the east by the Prince William Sound. Most of the peninsula is part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.

The glacier-covered Kenai Mountains (7,000 ft/2,130 m) run along the southeast spine of the peninsula along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska. Much of the range is within Kenai Fjords National Park. The northwest coast along the Cook Inlet is flatter and marshy, dotted with numerous small lakes such as Bear Lake. Several larger lakes extend through the interior of the peninsula, including Skilak Lake and Tustumena Lake. Rivers include the Kenai River, famous for its salmon population, as well as the Russian River, the Kasilof River, and Anchor River. Kachemak Bay, a small inlet off the larger Cook Inlet, extends into the peninsula's southwest end, much of which is part of Kachemak Bay State Park

The Kenai Peninsula is littered with glaciers on its eastern portion. It is home to both the Sargent Icefield and Harding Icefields and numerous glaciers that spawn off them.

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CVFD is an awesome asset tot the community

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I would just like to say that my father, a captain on the Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department was first on scene, arriving within five minutes of the tone out. He immediately ordered the crew (once they...

PHOTOS: Veteran's Day

Nov 21, 2008 1:30 am

American Legion Post 1 commander Jim Grant, a retired U.S. Army Vietnam veteran, salutes during the Veterans and Remembrance Day ceremony at the Alaska National Guard Armory Nov. 11.

BRIEFS

Nov 21, 2008 1:30 am

The community is invited to attend the annual Chugiak Senior Center Thanksgiving dinner at 6 p.m. tonight. There will be turkey, ham, dressing and all the traditional fare served in the center's dinin...

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Blasting Scheduled for Juneau Parking Garage

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Denali National Park Open for Snowmobiles

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Senate Committee to Investigate Natural Gas Supply -

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Stevens Gives Last Senate Speech as Staffers Weep

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Transcript of Senator Stevens' Fairwell Speech

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Fewer Permits Fished in Kodiak This Year

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Sea Lion Numbers a Mixed Bag

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Judge denies leniency bid

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Deciding who will step in as interim mayor when Mark Begich resigns in early January to become a U.S. senator is tying the Anchorage Assembly in knots.

Audiences gobble up latest Palin interview

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Alaska's high gas prices bewilder state lawmakers

Nov 22, 2008 11:44 am

State lawmakers seeking relief for Alaska drivers who are coping with high gasoline prices say they are running into dead ends.

Anchorage dropout rate puts School Board on the defensive

Nov 22, 2008 10:56 am

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Nov 22, 2008 10:55 am

Southcentral residents can help feed hungry Alaskans this holiday season by contributing to one of several events benefitting Food Bank of Alaska. The following financial institutions are accepting ca...

Palin makes three appointments

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Gov. Sarah Palin has made three new appointments to the Alaska Mental Health Board.

Friday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices

Nov 21, 2008 11:53 pm

The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed Friday at $44.53 a barrel, down $0.59 for the day.

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A key prosecution witness in the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens has told the trial judge that some of his testimony wasn't true and that he suspects prosecutors left him in a room with evidence and grand j...

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