Taiya Inlet is a physical feature (bay) in Skagway Borough. The primary coordinates for Taiya Inlet places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Taiya Inlet |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | Trends south from mouth of Taiya River to Chilkoot Inlet, 12 miles south of Skagway, Coast Mountains. |
History: | A Tlinglit Indian name reported in 1868 by Commander Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), as Tyya and Tya; published in 1870 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 701. Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883 map) reported the name as Dejah Inlet, and in 1883 Lieutenant Schwatka, USA, called it Dayay Inlet. |
Borough: | Skagway Borough |
Latitude: | 59.3733329773 |
Longitude: | -135.369445801 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Taiya Inlet: Taiya Inlet.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Taiya Inlet does not include property ownership information.
Skagway, AK
(6.3 miles NNE) Lutak, AK (7.2 miles WSW) Haines, AK (10.3 miles SSW) |
Mud Bay, AK
(14.8 miles S) Klukwan, AK (18.3 miles W) |
Tanani, AK
(7.6 miles SSW) Port Chilkoot, AK (10.2 miles SSW) Chilkat, AK (18.7 miles W) |