List of fjords of the United States facts for kids
The fjords of the United States are mostly found along the glacial regions of the coasts of Alaska and Washington. These fjords — long narrow inlets in valleys carved by glacial activity — can have two or more basins separated by sills.
Most of the fjords in Washington originate off Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, while fjords in Alaska originate from numerous, more varied locations.
The Hudson River fjord in New York is recognized as the only true Fjord in the eastern coast of the United States
Somes Sound, a fjard located within Acadia National Park, is often mistaken for being another fjord located along the eastern coast of the United States.
List of fjords
| Image | Fjord | State | Co-ordinates | Comments |
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College Fjord | Alaska | 61°08′00″N 147°52′00″W / 61.13333°N 147.86667°W | The image provided is infrared enhanced. |
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Hood Canal | Washington | 47°48′N 122°42′W / 47.8°N 122.7°W | |
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Hudson River | New York | 41°17′17″N 73°57′22″W / 41.288°N 73.956°W | The Hudson River Fjord is recognized as the only true Fjord in the Eastern United States |
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Icy Bay | Alaska | 59°59′N 141°23′W / 59.99°N 141.39°W | |
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Lynn Canal | Alaska | 58°37′01″N 135°04′30″W / 58.617°N 135.075°W | Lynn Canal is the deepest fjord in North America (excluding Greenland). |
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Misty Fjords | Alaska | 55°37′18″N 130°36′26″W / 55.62167°N 130.60722°W | |
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Nassau Fjord | Alaska | 60°15′46″N 148°21′25″W / 60.2628°N 148.3569°W | |
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Puget Sound | Washington | 47°36′N 122°27′W / 47.6°N 122.45°W | Puget Sound is a fjord system of many flooded glacial valleys and is the southernmost complex of fjords in North America. |
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Russell Fjord | Alaska | 59°51′00″N 139°30′00″W / 59.85000°N 139.50000°W | |
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Tracy Arm | Alaska | 57°53′53″N 133°16′37″W / 57.898°N 133.277°W |
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