Southwest Alaska includes the far reaching arm of the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, as well as the southern Island of Kodiak, the Pribilof Islands and other Bering Sea islands. The Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers drain into the huge Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which is a favored wetlands for many migratory waterfowl. Many active volcanoes exist in the Aleutian mountain range, and it is home to Katmai National Park and the Valley of 10,000 smokes, the latter is an austere landscape strewn...
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Southwest Alaska includes the far reaching arm of the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, as well as the southern Island of Kodiak, the Pribilof Islands and other Bering Sea islands. The Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers drain into the huge Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which is a favored wetlands for many migratory waterfowl. Many active volcanoes exist in the Aleutian mountain range, and it is home to Katmai National Park and the Valley of 10,000 smokes, the latter is an austere landscape strewn with ash from the Novarupta volcano, the most powerful volcanic eruption in the 20th century.
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