Alaska Gazetteer
Shearwater Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Kodiak Island Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Shearwater Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | off Kiliuda Bay, on SE coast of Kodiak I. |
| History: | "Descriptive name given by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1904, ""probably owing to the abundance of one or more of the many species of water-fowl to which the name i s applied."" The name probably refers to the Slender-billed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.3363876343 |
| Longitude: | -152.899719238 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Shearwater Bay: Shearwater Bay.
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| Port Hobron, AK (15.5 miles SW) |
