The North American Pacific Fjordland, also known as the Great Bear Fjordland, is a marine ecoregion off the western coast of North America, part of the Temperate Northern Pacific marine realm. It cont
Humpback whales breaching near the mouth of Glacier Bay in Alaska
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The Salish Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington. It includes the Strait of Georgia, the Strait of Juan de Fu
North American Pacific Fjordland
…continental shelf from Glacier Bay to Queen Charlotte Sound, and extends 200 miles into the Pacific Ocean. It borders the Gulf of Alaska to the north, the Salish Sea to the southeast, and the Oregon, Washington, Vancouver coast and shelf to the south. The fjordland is connected through oceanographic processes utilizing…
The Salish Sea, showing the open Pacific Ocean at lower left, and from there, heading inland: the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the narrow Puget Sound at lower right, and the wide Strait of Georgia at upper center. Sediment from the Fraser River shows as a greenish plume in the Strait of Georgia.
Sunlight reflects off the Salish Sea as seen from the International Space Station on April 11, 2020
The Salish Sea with the Olympic Peninsula in the background
Forested islets and skerries of the Southern Gulf Islands