Akutan Harbor Project: Delineation of Wetlands on Akutan Island, Alaska

The work described in this technical note was done at the request of the Regulatory Branch and the Planning Division of the U. S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, as part of a feasibility study for the potential development of a harbor on Akutan Island in the Aleutian Island chain. Akutan Bay is a st...

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Main Authors: Wakeley, James S., Noble, Chris V., Bishop, Michael J.
Other Authors: ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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Language:English
Published: 2001
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spelling ftdtic:ADA398288 2023-05-15T13:14:43+02:00 Akutan Harbor Project: Delineation of Wetlands on Akutan Island, Alaska Wakeley, James S. Noble, Chris V. Bishop, Michael J. ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS 2001-09 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA398288 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA398288 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA398288 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Geography Civil Engineering *HARBORS SHIPS ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHING WETLANDS INLETS DEEP WATER BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC) ISLANDS ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WRAP(WETLANDS REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) AKUTAN ISLAND(ALASKA) Text 2001 ftdtic 2016-02-20T09:54:02Z The work described in this technical note was done at the request of the Regulatory Branch and the Planning Division of the U. S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, as part of a feasibility study for the potential development of a harbor on Akutan Island in the Aleutian Island chain. Akutan Bay is a steep-sided, glacially scoured, natural inlet on the eastern end of the island (Figure 1). The village of Akutan and a major seafood-processing plant cling to the narrow fringe of level ground at the edge of the fjord. Ocean-going container ships use moorings in the deep water of the bay as they wait to load the frozen catch and transport it to markets throughout the Pacific. But the bay has no natural harbor for the smaller fishing vessels that unload at the facility's dock. The proposed project would excavate a harbor basin in the broad alluvial plain at the head of the bay and would fill and grade adjacent uplands and wetlands to create level areas suitable for harbor-side facilities and associated infrastructure. Text Aleutian Island Alaska Aleutian Islands Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Pacific
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Civil Engineering
*HARBORS
SHIPS
ALASKA
COMMERCIAL FISHING
WETLANDS
INLETS
DEEP WATER
BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
ISLANDS
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
WRAP(WETLANDS REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM)
AKUTAN ISLAND(ALASKA)
spellingShingle Geography
Civil Engineering
*HARBORS
SHIPS
ALASKA
COMMERCIAL FISHING
WETLANDS
INLETS
DEEP WATER
BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
ISLANDS
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
WRAP(WETLANDS REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM)
AKUTAN ISLAND(ALASKA)
Wakeley, James S.
Noble, Chris V.
Bishop, Michael J.
Akutan Harbor Project: Delineation of Wetlands on Akutan Island, Alaska
topic_facet Geography
Civil Engineering
*HARBORS
SHIPS
ALASKA
COMMERCIAL FISHING
WETLANDS
INLETS
DEEP WATER
BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
ISLANDS
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
WRAP(WETLANDS REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM)
AKUTAN ISLAND(ALASKA)
description The work described in this technical note was done at the request of the Regulatory Branch and the Planning Division of the U. S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, as part of a feasibility study for the potential development of a harbor on Akutan Island in the Aleutian Island chain. Akutan Bay is a steep-sided, glacially scoured, natural inlet on the eastern end of the island (Figure 1). The village of Akutan and a major seafood-processing plant cling to the narrow fringe of level ground at the edge of the fjord. Ocean-going container ships use moorings in the deep water of the bay as they wait to load the frozen catch and transport it to markets throughout the Pacific. But the bay has no natural harbor for the smaller fishing vessels that unload at the facility's dock. The proposed project would excavate a harbor basin in the broad alluvial plain at the head of the bay and would fill and grade adjacent uplands and wetlands to create level areas suitable for harbor-side facilities and associated infrastructure.
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Noble, Chris V.
Bishop, Michael J.
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title Akutan Harbor Project: Delineation of Wetlands on Akutan Island, Alaska
title_short Akutan Harbor Project: Delineation of Wetlands on Akutan Island, Alaska
title_full Akutan Harbor Project: Delineation of Wetlands on Akutan Island, Alaska
title_fullStr Akutan Harbor Project: Delineation of Wetlands on Akutan Island, Alaska
title_full_unstemmed Akutan Harbor Project: Delineation of Wetlands on Akutan Island, Alaska
title_sort akutan harbor project: delineation of wetlands on akutan island, alaska
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