CORDOVA, a town of south-western Alaska within the em bayment known as Prince William's sound; situated in lat. 6o° 31' N., long. 45' W., about 1,5oo m. N.W. of Seattle. Pop. (1930) 980. Although an old town in name and place and an old fishing centre, its present importance lies in the fact that it is the ocean terminus of the Copper river and North-western railway. This road, 196 m. in length, was constructed (19o7-1i) for the sole purpose of bringing to the coast the copper ores from the Kenni cott mines. These famous mines, four in number, have reached a depth of some 2,5oo ft., with more than 4o m. of underground workings, and have produced many millions of dollars in copper values. Although the present ore bodies are not as high grade as some of the earlier bodies worked (one section assaying 7o% copper) yet the output continues highly profitable. From Cordova one may go by rail to the town of Chitina, on the Copper river, and proceed thence by automobile 32o m. to Fairbanks on the Tanana river. (W. P. R.)