Alaska Gazetteer
Orca Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Orca Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | at W end of Prince William Sound, 30 mi. W of Cordova; Chugach Mts. |
| History: | "named in 1906 by Andrew Braid, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). from the Orca Cannery of the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. cannery was in turned named for one of the company's vessels. The bay was originally named ""Puerto Cordova,"" by Senor Don Salvador Fidalgo who visited the region in 1790. ""Cordova"" was adopted by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), during his exploration of the Prince William Sound region in 1794. name was in common use until the Board on Geographic Names (BGN), at Braid's suggestion, changed it to ""Orca Bay"" to avoid confusion with the Cordova Bay in Dixon Entance (Wagner, 1937, p. 444)." |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.5786094666 |
| Longitude: | -146.206390381 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Orca Bay: Orca Bay.
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