What is Prince William Sound?
[[File:Map_Prince-William-Sound_AK.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Prince William Sound, on the south coast of Alaska]] '''Prince William Sound''' is a body of water in the [[Gulf of Alaska]]. A sound is a small body of water that comes in from the ocean. Prince William Sound is on the south side of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. It is on the east side of the [[Kenai Peninsula]]. Its biggest port is [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]], at the south end of the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]]. Other towns on the sound include [[Cordova, Alaska|Cordova]] and [[Whittier, Alaska|Whittier]]. [[James Cook]] went in Prince William Sound in 1778. He named it Sandwich Sound, after the [[John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich|Earl of Sandwich]]. The Sound's name was changed in the same year. It was then named after [[George III]]'s third son [[William IV of the United Kingdom|Prince William Henry]]. Prince William was then 13 years old. He was in the [[Royal Navy]].<ref>[[Philip Ziegler]], ''King William IV'' (London: Collins, 1971, {{ISBN|978-0-00-211934-4}}), pp. 23-27</ref><ref>[http://www.alaska.net/~awss/HBeringCook.html Explorations: Bering and Cook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509133439/http://www.alaska.net/~awss/HBeringCook.html |date=2008-05-09 }}, Alaska.net</ref> Most of the land near Prince William Sound is part of the [[Chugach National Forest|Chugach National Forest. Chugach is]] the second largest [[U.S. National Forest]]. Prince William Sound is ringed by the [[Chugach Mountains]]. These mountains are steep. The coast is complex. It has many [[island]]s and [[fjord]]s. It also has some [[glacier]]s. In 1964, a [[tsunami]] hit the sound. It was caused by the [[Good Friday earthquake]]. It killed many people in the town of [[Chenega, Alaska|Chenega]]. It destroyed the town of [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]]. In 1989, the [[oil tanker]] ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' ran aground. It caused a large [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|oil spill]], which damaged the [[Natural environment|environment.]] It killed around 25