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In July 2012, a helicopter-based crew photographed approximately 22 miles (35 km) of shoreline near Golovin, Alaska, from the Yuonglik River delta southeast to Portage Creek. During this flight 572 oblique aerial photographs were collected and spatially referenced using a Garmin Dakota 20 handheld GPS.
On November 8, 2011, an extra-tropical cyclone with a low pressure of 945 millibars developed over the Bering Sea and moved northeast across the western coast of Alaska. This large storm brought high winds (gusts of up to 85 mph) to the entire region and a storm surge of approximately 3 meters to parts of Norton Sound. The storm caused extensive flooding in the lower portion of Golovin on the afternoon of November 9, 2011. A team of Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) scientists visited Golovin on November 15, 2011, to document peak water levels, runup elevations, and inundation extents caused by this event. These data were combined with photographs taken by local residents during the event...
Tags: Bering Straits CRSA Coastal District,
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