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Valdez |
Valdez | State | |
Alaska | Total Trade | |
46,758,499 | Foreign Imports | |
582 | Foreign Exports | |
2,525 | Foreign Total | |
3,107 | Domestic Total | |
46,755,392 |   | Description | |
Valdez is a fishing port, both for commercial and sport fishing. Freight moves through Valdez bound for the interior of Alaska. Sightseeing of the marine life and glaciers, together with both deep-sea fishing, and heli skiing support a tourist industry in Valdez. The oil from the Trans-Alaska pipeline is loaded onto ships at the Valdez oil terminal. It is sometimes called the Switzerland of Alaska
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Valdez is located at [show location on an interactive map] 61°7′51″N 146°20′54″W / 61.13083°N 146.34833°W / 61.13083; -146.34833.
Valdez is located near the head of a deep fjord in the of Prince William Sound in Alaska. It is surrounded by the Chugach Mountains, which are heavily glaciated. Valdez is the northernmost port in North America that is ice-free year-round. The northernmost point of the coastal Pacific temperate rain forest is in Valdez, on Blueberry Hill.[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 277.1 square miles (717.6 km²), of which, 222.0 square miles (574.9 km²) of it is land and 55.1 square miles (142.7 km²) of it (19.88%) is water.
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