Portage, Anchorage, Alaska
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Portage is a ghost town and former settlement on Turnagain Arm in Alaska, about 47 miles southeast of Downtown Anchorage. The town was destroyed in the 1964 Alaska earthquake when the ground in the ar
Portage just after the earthquake, the destruction and flooding clearly visible
A ruined building and a stand of dead spruce trees preserved by saltwater are all that remains of Portage today
Ghost forest
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A ghost forest is a coastal woodland characterized by widespread tree mortality as a result of saltwater intrusion and land submergence. Ghost forests commonly form when sea level rise, tectonic subsi
Portage, Anchorage, Alaska
…the area sank about six feet (1.8 m), putting most of the town below high tide level. All that remains today are the ruins of a few buildings and a "ghost forest" of trees that died after salt water inundated their root systems. Where there was once a town there is now only a railroad and road junction linking…
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