Whittier is a city in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area

Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska

Valdez-Cordova Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 10,195. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat...

, in the U.S. state of Alaska

Alaska

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. As of 2006, the population was 177. The city is also a port for the Alaska Marine Highway

Alaska Marine Highway

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Whittier is located at 60°46′27"N 148°40′40"W (60.774174, -148.677649), near the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel

Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel

The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a tunnel through Maynard Mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska. It links the Seward Highway south of Anchorage at the former town of Portage with the relatively isolated community of Whittier, a port for the Alaska Marine Highway...

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Whittier is on the northeast shore of the Kenai Peninsula

Kenai Peninsula

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, at the head of Passage Canal, on the west side of Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound

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. Whittier is 120 km (74.6 mi) southeast of Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

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According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 19.7 square miles (51 km²), of which, 12.5 square miles (32.4 km²) of it is land and 7.2 square miles (18.6 km²) of it (36.36%) is water.
As of 2006, there were 177 people, 86 households, and 46 families residing in the city.