# Ninilchik (US NIN)

**UN/LOCODE:** US NIN  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** Cook Inlet; Gulf of Alaska; North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 60.0500, -151.6833

Tractors launching boats through the surf, not quay cranes, define Ninilchik (US NIN) on Cook Inlet in Alaska, which has no conventional cargo port. The inlet's extreme tidal range leaves the community without fixed harbour works or ramps; only a small summer boat harbour at the mouth of the Ninilchik River gives tidal access, becoming a busy hub during the salmon and halibut seasons. Commercial freight relevance is effectively nil, as the site serves sport and small-scale fishing rather than container or general cargo. Ocean freight for the Kenai Peninsula moves through Homer, the Port of Alaska at Anchorage and the energy port of Nikiski.

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