Prince William Sound
Environmentally Sensitive Index Atlas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Published April 2001
Guide: How to use the ESI Atlas
Index Map: Sensitivity of Coastal Environments
and Wildlife to Spilled Oil
Fall Summary Map
Spring Summary Map
Summer Summary Map
Winter Summary Map
Sensitive Areas Photos
Species Photos
Sensitive Areas Photos:
Photo Name
Latitude
Longitude
Sea Otter Concentration - Orca Inlet
60 27' 10" N
146 03' 00" W
Dutch Islands Group
60 45' 10" N
147 48' 10" W
Armin Koerning Hatchery at Saw Mill Bay
60 03' 00" N
148 04' 00" W
Cannery Creek Hatchery
61 00' 55" N
147 31' 00" W
Cannery Creek Hatchery
61 00' 55" N
147 31' 00" W
Wally Noerenberg Hatchery on Esther Island
60 48' 00" N
148 05' 05" W
Main Bay Hatchery
60 31' 05" N
148 05' 30" W
Stan Stephen's-Growler Island Camp
60 54' 10" N
147 07' 50" W
Cordova Harbor
60 32' 50" N
145 45' 40" W
Tatitlek
60 51' 50" N
146 40' 45" W
Whittier Harbor
60 46' 40" N
148 41' 30" W
Marsha Bay Entrance
60 19' 45" N
147 39' 40" W
Copper River Flats
60 13' 00" N
145 00' 00" W
Green Island NE Point
60 19' 30" N
147 20' 00" W
Applegate Rocks
60 21' 20" N
147 23' 30" W
Rookery near Whitter
60 48' 20" N
148 38' 00" W
Porpoise Rocks-Port Etches
60 19' 10" N
146 41' 00" W
Herring Spawning Area-Rocky Bay
60 22' 20" N
147 04' 00" W
Culross Passage South Entrance
60 37' 40" N
148 11' 00" W
Esther Passage South Entrance
60 51' 40" N
147 55' 20" W
Entrance to Hells Hole
60 42' 16" N
146 23' 00" W
Port Gravina Marshes
60 48' 00" N
146 02' 40" W
Yale Glacier
61 13' 00" N
147 41' 45" W
Sheep Bay
60 42' 30" N
145 53' 40" W
Species Photos:
Common Name
Stellar Sea Lion
Harbor Seal
Sea Otter
Killer Whale
Humpback Whale
Dall Porpoise
River Otter
Double Crested Cormorant
Pigeon Gullemot
Tufted Puffin
Horned Puffin
Common Murre
Kittlitzs Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Glaucous Winged Gull
Mew Gull
Bonapartes Gull
Black Legged Kittiwake
Arctic Tern
Black Oyster Catcher
Barrows Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Harlequin Duck
Bald Eagle
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