Poison Cove is a physical feature (bay) in Sitka Borough.
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Feature Name: | Poison Cove |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | 7 mi. S of Hoonah Sound, on S coast of Chichagof I., 22 mi. SE of Chichagof, Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Named in 1869 by Commander Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by US@C&GS in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 163). This name was given because ""near here 150 Aleuts were killed in 1799 from eating poisonous mussels.""" |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.5197219849 |
Longitude: | -135.587219238 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Poison Cove: Poison Cove.
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