Alaska Gazetteer
Patton Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Patton Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on SE coast of Montague I., 70 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1937 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Rear Admiral Raymond Stanton Patton, 1882-1937, who began his service in U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1904. As commanding officer of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) steamer Explorer in 1914, he made surveys in Prince William Sound. In 1915 he was appointed chief of the Coast Pilot Section in the Washington Office, and during World War I served as Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. He served as a member of the U.S. Geographic Board from December 1926 to June 1934. Rear Admiral Patton was appointed director of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1929, in which office he served continuously until his death on November 25, 1937. |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.9394454956 |
| Longitude: | -147.440551758 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Patton Bay: Patton Bay.
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| Latouche, AK (17.7 miles WNW) |
