Kenai Peninsula
The Kenai Peninsula is south of Anchorage, surrounded by the Cook Inlet to the west and Prince William Sound to the east. It is one of the most visited tourist regions in Alaska, especially popular with anglers lured by its excellent salmon and halibut fishing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Homer and Seward.
Homer
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Homer is a city on the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska and is long known as the "Halibut Fishing Capital of the World." It is also known as the "End of the Road".
Seward
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Seward is a small port city located at the head of Resurrection Bay on the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska. Seward was named in honor of William H.
Whittier
Whittier is a small town in Alaska that is famous because all of its 272 residents live in one building.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Soldotna and Nikiski.
Soldotna
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Soldotna is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,342, up from 4,163 in 2010. It is the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Nikiski
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Nikiski is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 4,456 at the 2020 census, down from 4,493 in 2010.
Anchor Point
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Anchor Point is an unincorporated community on the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska. It is the westernmost point in the North American highway system.
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
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The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is a 1.92-million-acre wildlife habitat preserve located on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, United States. It is adjacent to Kenai Fjords National Park.
Kachemak Bay State Park
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Kachemak Bay State Park is state park on the shores of Kachemak Bay across from the town of Homer in the state of Alaska.
Kenai Peninsula
- Type: peninsula
- Description: peninsula
- Location: Southcentral Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
60.1667° or 60° 10′ northLongitude of center
-150.25° or 150° 15′ westWikidata ID
Q60010
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Kenai Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة كيناي”
- Armenian: “Կենայ (թերակղզի)”
- Armenian: “Կենայ”
- Asturian: “Península de Kenai”
- Azerbaijani: “Kenay yarımadası”
- Basque: “Kenaiko penintsula”
- Belarusian: “Кенай”
- Belarusian: “Кенайскі паўвостраў”
- Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Кенай”
- Bulgarian: “Кенай”
- Catalan: “península de Kenai”
- Catalan: “Península de Kenai”
- Cebuano: “Kenai Peninsula”
- Chinese: “基奈半島”
- Czech: “Kenai”
- Danish: “Kenaihalvøen”
- Dutch: “Kenai schiereiland”
- Dutch: “Kenai-schiereiland”
- Dutch: “Kenai”
- Dutch: “Kenaischiereiland”
- Esperanto: “Kenaia Duoninsulo”
- Esperanto: “Kenaja Duoninsulo”
- Finnish: “Kenai peninsula”
- Finnish: “Kenain niemimaa”
- French: “Péninsule de Kenai”
- French: “Peninsule Kenai”
- French: “péninsule Kenai”
- French: “Péninsule Kenai”
- French: “Presqu’île de Kenai”
- French: “Presqu’île Kenai”
- Galician: “Península de Kenai”
- Georgian: “კენაის ნახევარკუნძული”
- German: “Kenai Peninsula”
- German: “Kenai-Halbinsel”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי קינאי”
- Hungarian: “Kenai-félsziget”
- Icelandic: “Kenai skagi”
- Icelandic: “Kenai-skagi”
- Italian: “Penisola di Kenai”
- Japanese: “キナイ半島”
- Japanese: “ケナイ半島”
- Lithuanian: “Kenajaus pusiasalis”
- Malay: “Semenanjung Kenai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kenaihalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kenaihalvøya”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره کینای”
- Polish: “Kenai”
- Polish: “Półwysep Kenai”
- Portuguese: “Península de Kenai”
- Portuguese: “Península de Quenai”
- Russian: “Кенай”
- Russian: “Кенайский полуостров”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kenai (poluotok)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kenai”
- Slovenian: “Kenai”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Kenai”
- Spanish: “Península de Kenai”
- Turkish: “Kenai Yarımadası”
- Ukrainian: “Кенайський півострів”
- Western Frisian: “Kenai-skiereilân”
- Western Frisian: “Kenaiskiereilân”
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