The peninsula has a peculiar Swiss cheese-like shape, making it appear partially sunken.
The peninsula is uninhabited, but private lands and beaches to anchor at and camp exist.
Pony Cove, on the peninsula's eastern shore in Resurrection Bay is a popular boating and salmon fishing spot in the summers.
The Aialik Peninsula is roughly 15 miles long, running from near Lechner Glacier and Bear Glacier to Aialik Cape at its southern extremity.
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