Alaska Gazetteer
Port Fidalgo is a physical feature (bay) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Port Fidalgo |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | On the E shore of Prince William Sound, 40 mi. NW of Cordova; Chugach Mountains. 3 miles wide and 25 miles long. |
| History: | "This estuary was discovered by Senor Don Salvador Fidalgo's launch party on June 14, 1790, but there is no record that he named it. The name is not shown on Captain Alessandro Malaspina's or Don Bodega y Quadra's maps of 1791. As Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), who had Fidalgo's maps, referred to the features as ""Puerto Fidalgo,"" it can be assumed that the name appeared either on Fidalgo's own map or Vancouver named it for Fidalgo (Wagner, 1937, p. 387). It appears more likely that Fidalgo intended to call this estuary ""Puerto de Mazarredo"" in honor of Jose de Mazarredo." |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.7955551147 |
| Longitude: | -146.444168091 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Port Fidalgo: Port Fidalgo.
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| Ellamar, AK (10.9 miles NW) |
