Alaska Gazetteer
Deadman Reach is a physical feature (bar) in Sitka Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Deadman Reach |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bar |
| Description: | in Peril Strait, off NW coast of DUFFIELD Peninsula at N tip of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. 5 miles long. |
| History: | "So named ""Deadman's Bay"" in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 165), ""because 150 Aleuts were killed in the vicinity in 1799 from eating poisonous mussels.""" |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.5427780151 |
| Longitude: | -135.491104126 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Deadman Reach: Deadman Reach.
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| Todd, AK (17.7 miles ESE) |
