Alaska Peninsula · AK
Katmai Coast
Bear country under the volcano that buried a valley.
- Eruption
- June 6, 1912
- National park
- 1980
- Brown bears
- About 2,200
Then
- 1912
Novarupta erupts on June 6, filling a valley with up to 300 feet of ash.
- 1916
Robert Griggs names the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
- 1918
Katmai National Monument is created.
- 1980
It becomes Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Now
Katmai holds the world's largest protected brown bear population, and bears gather on the Kukak Bay coast year-round. This place covers the Shelikof Strait coast, Kamishak and Iniskin bays to the north, and Puale and Wide bays to the south.
12 tide stations around Katmai Coast
- Aguchik Island, Kukak Bay4.8 mi
- Kukak, Kukak Bay10.7 mi
- Takli Island, Shelikof Strait16.6 mi
- Nukshak Island, Shelikof Strait17.2 mi
- Katmai Bay, Shelikof Strait29.7 mi
- Puale Bay54.8 mi
- Nordyke Island, Kamishak Bay61.7 mi
- Kanatak Lagoon, Portage Bay81.1 mi
- Lees Cabins, Wide Bay92.0 mi
- Iliamna Bay95.5 mi
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- Southwest Iniskin Bay99.1 mi
- Oil Bay, Kamishak Bay101.1 mi