station. Chiniak Bay, offshore of the city and St. Paul Harbor, is defined 

 by Cape Chiniak and Long Island and is exposed to the northern half of the 

 Gulf of Alaska. Cape Chiniak offers protection from the Pacific Ocean to the 

 south. 



3. The specific area of interest to this study is the deep-draft termi- 

 nal operated by the Port of Kodiak on St. Paul Harbor. This container dock is 

 fully exposed to St. Paul Harbor, and its operations are intermittently dis- 

 rupted by long-period swell which passes during bad weather over the reefs 

 defining St. Paul Harbor. 



4. Developments by the State of Alaska in Dog Bay on the southwest 

 side of Near Island are under way; they were proposed in 1976 by the Corps of 

 Engineers and are also of interest in this study. Dog Bay is sheltered from 

 Chiniak Bay by the southern tip of Near Island but is exposed to occasional 

 strong winds out of Womens Bay, which generate seas that are hazardous to 

 small craft. The map of the area given in Figure 1, taken from the Alaska 

 Coastal Data Collection Program Data (ACDCP) report, shows the locations of 

 measurement devices and other features discussed in this report. 



Figure 1 . Kodiak area map and data collection 

 and telemetry system 



