Alaska Gazetteer
Marsh Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Marsh Bay places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Marsh Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | at S end of Redoubt Lake, 0.4 mi. NE of Goddard on western Baranof I., Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "the 1848 Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 applied the name ""Zaliv Klyuchevoy"" to a bay on the coast about two miles to the southwest. In 1880 the British Admiralty translated the Russian name as ""Marsh Bay,"" but misapplied it to this feature. Subsequent maps have followed the British Admi raly application." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.8488883972 |
| Longitude: | -135.328613281 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Marsh Bay: Marsh Bay.
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 Marsh Bay does not include property ownership information.
| Goddard, AK (1.9 miles WSW) |
