Prince William Sound · AK
Valdez
The pipeline's end, rebuilt after 1964.
- Population
- 3,985 (2020 census)
- Town moved
- After 1964
- First oil tanker
- 1977
Then
- 1898
Prospectors take the Valdez Glacier Trail toward the Klondike.
- 1964
A tsunami kills 32 people on the dock. The town is rebuilt four miles away.
- 1977
The first tanker loads pipeline oil in August.
- 1989
The Exxon Valdez spill happens 25 miles away.
Now
Valdez is the Trans-Alaska Pipeline terminal and averages over 300 inches of snow a year. This place includes Columbia Glacier and Jack Bay.
8 tide stations around Valdez
- VALDEZ, Port Valdez0.6 mi
- Jack Bay10.9 mi
- Rocky Point18.6 mi
- Landlocked Bay, Port Fidalgo20.2 mi
- Busby Island21.7 mi
- Columbia Glacier25.7 mi
- Snug Corner Cove, Port Fidalgo29.3 mi
- Jackson Cove, Glacier Island34.0 mi