Astrolabe Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Astrolabe Bay |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | between Astrolabe Peninsula and Boussole Head, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 57 mi. WNW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 1.2 miles wide. |
History: | Named in 1883 by George Davidson, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for L'Astrolabe, one of the two whips of the French scientific expedition under the command of La Perouse, which explored this region in 1786. |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 58.3783340454 |
Longitude: | -136.903060913 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Astrolabe Bay: Astrolabe Bay.
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