Fanshaw Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Fanshaw Bay |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | extends SW from Whitney I. to Cape Fanshaw, 66 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. 3 miles long. |
History: | Named in 1887 for Cape Fanshaw by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN); published in 1888 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.206111908 |
Longitude: | -133.53944397 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Fanshaw Bay: Fanshaw Bay.
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Cape Fanshaw, AK
(1.4 miles ENE) |
Entrance Island, AK
(14.7 miles NNE) |