Facts
What's the lowest elevation in Kenai Fjords?
what is the name of the ocean found in the park?
the Pacific ocean
What type of rock is basalt?
Igneous
True or false : Kenai Fjords National Park is located on the coast of Alaska
True
True or False : One of the reasons many rocks are weathered down is because of frost wedging
True
What state is Kenai Fjords found in?
Alaska
What can glaciers do?
They move through land
What type of rock is chert?
sedimentary rock
What's a fjord?
A fjord is a long narrow inlet with steep slides or cliffs, which are created by moving glaciers
Is Kenai Fjords located on the coastline of the Pacific Ocean?
Yes it is
How many people visited Kenai Fjords in 2019?
What's the biggest glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park?
Bear Glacier
Chert and basalt are mixed into which type of rock?
Blocks of limestone.
What landform is Kenai Fjords located on?
a peninsula
What's the height of the highest peak in Kenai Fjords?
over 6 thousand feet, 6,450 feet tall to be specific
When was Kenai Fjords made a national park?
1980
How many named glaciers can be found in Kenai Fjord?
35
In the blocks of limestone you can find fossils that can be found as far as what two countries?
China and Afghanistan.
What's the average elevation of the peaks in Kenai Fjord National Park?
3,000 to 5,000 feet
How far do the mountains in Kenai Fjords stretch to?
They extend for 120 miles
what is the total area of land that Kenai Fjords covers?
over 600,000 acres, almost 700,000
How much of the Pacific Ocean is protected by Kenai Fjords National Park?
545 miles
In what part of the park will you find Chert?
the western part
How big is Kenai Fjords?
699,983 acres
How big is the peninsula Kenai Fjords is on?
The peninsula is around 24,752 mi² big