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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  AKDECAKMAP >  AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0046

North Pacific Ocean - AKALE07-0046 (AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0046) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This ocean site, maintained by the Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program (identifier AKDECAKMAP), has the name "North Pacific Ocean - AKALE07-0046" and has the identifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0046.

This site is located in Aleutians West Census Area County, Alaska at 51.9403600000 degrees latitude and -177.6672700000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0046" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2007 - 2007
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2007 - 2007
Information 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Not Assigned 2007 - 2007
Nutrient 2007 - 2007
Organics, Other 2007 - 2007
Organics, PCBs 2007 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 2007 - 2007
Physical 2007 - 2007
Physical, Habitat 2007 - 2007
Radiochemical 2007 - 2007
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier AKDECAKMAP
OrganizationFormalName Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier AKDECAKMAP-AKALE07-0046
MonitoringLocationName North Pacific Ocean - AKALE07-0046
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is on the south side of Little Kiska Island in east of Yug Point. The depth at this site was 49 ft. on a coarse substrate of bedrock, encrusted with coralline algae. Bottom temperature was 5 C. Visibility was 20-25 ft. No alga dominant other than encrusting coralline, although a leathery red, and a bladed red - Kallymeniaceae, Desmerestia sp., Agarum turneri, and Alaria fistulosa were present in small quantities. The fauna were dominated mainly by small Strongylocentrotus sp. and an occasional orange vase sponge. No fish were seen.
LatitudeMeasure 51.9403600000
LongitudeMeasure -177.6672700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 02
CountyCode 016
ProviderName STORET