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          A fjord is formed when glaciers scrapes the bottom and sides of the land to create a U-shaped valley. As the glaciers move on, they take the soil and eroded rock with them and leave behind sheer walled valleys that are later flooded with seawater. The floor of a fjord is often deeper than the ocean floor. U-shaped glacial valleys transformed into fjords when the seawater overflow caused valleys to fill with water. The fjord usually form a long, finger-shaped inlets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         As the Pacific oceanic plate subducts under North American plate, it is now dragging the edge of the continent down with it. Therefore the Kenai Mountains are gradually sinking below the sea. People usually take a boat trip out of Resurrection Bay to see the wildlife, glaciers, and scenery. On the east side of the bay, Cape Resurrection presents a massive, sheer cliff to the pounding of the waves. The rock here is pillow basalt, a type of igneous rock which formed when lava flowed out underneath the water and cooled rapidly.