| The Kenai
Peninsula Borough lies directly south of Anchorage, the
State's principal population center. The waters of the
Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound border the
borough on the south and east with the dramatic Chigmit
Mountains of the Alaska Range rimming the borough to the
west. The Cook Inlet divides the borough into two land
masses. The peninsula itself encompasses 99 percent of
the borough's population and most of the development. The
Kenai Mountains run north and south through the
peninsula, contrasting to the lowlands lying to their
west. The west side of the Inlet is sparsely inhabited,
with the village of Tyonek being the largest populated
settlement. The boundaries of the borough encompass a
total of 25,600 square miles, of which 15,700 square
miles are land. In comparision, the total land mass of
the borough equals that of Massachusetts and New Jersey
combined. However, the total borough population is less
than 1/400th of that same area. |
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