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Prudhoe Bay

[proo-doh]
–noun
an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
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Prud·hoe Bay   (prōōd'hō, prŭd'-)   
An inlet of the Arctic Ocean on the northern coast of Alaska east of the Colville River delta. Extensive oil reserves were discovered here in 1968.
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