Kachemak Bay
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.jpg) View from Miller's Landing of the Homer Spit headland in Kachemak Bay |
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| Waters | Cook Inlet | |
| Land mass | Kenai Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 38 ′ N , 151 ° 19 ′ W | |
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| length | 64 km | |
| Tributaries | Fox River , Martin River , Sheep Creek , Bradley River | |
The Kachemak Bay is a 64 km long bay in the southwest of the Kenai Peninsula in the US state of Alaska that in Homer with the Cook Inlet is connected.
A headland extends southeast from Homer and separates the bay from the open sea. This forms the southern end point of Alaska Route 1 . In addition to Homer, the towns of Halibut Cove , Seldovia and Kachemak are located on the bay . The Fox River , fed by the Harding Icefield , flows into the bay. Other tributaries include the Martin River , Sheep Creek, and Bradley River .
South of the bay is the Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park, a 1620 km² large protected area, the first state park in Alaska.
"Kachemak" means something like "big cliff by the water" in Yup'ik . A previous name of the bay was Chugachnik Gulf .
