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Bluff edge positions along Barter Island coast

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center September 2019 (approx.)
Aerial view of a section of coastal bluff with shoreline locations drawn on to show how far the bluff has eroded.
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Barter Island coast, North Slope of Alaska. Bluff edge positions for 4 time periods plotted on a September 5, 2019 satellite image. Note the large amount of land loss between August 22, 2019 and September 5, 2019, including the former camera locations, and the expansion of the gully on the right side of the photograph.

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