Alaska Gazetteer
Aleutkina Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Aleutkina Bay places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Aleutkina Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on W coast of Baranof I., 4 mi. SE of Sitka; Alex. Arch. 2.5 miles wide. |
| History: | "a colloquial Russian tern used in reference to an Aleut woman; applied in 1809 to this feature by Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Guba Aleutkina."" The name ""Bukhta Lisyaskaya,"" meaning ""Fox Bay,"" was published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 38), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and referrred to the Aleuts that inhabit the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutians." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.000831604 |
| Longitude: | -135.308334351 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Aleutkina Bay: Aleutkina Bay.
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Goddard, AK
(11.7 miles SSW) |
Baranof, AK
(18.9 miles ENE) |
