Port Krestof is a physical feature (bay) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Port Krestof places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Port Krestof |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | on E coast of Kruzof I., 12 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.7 mile wide. |
History: | "Name published in 1848 on Russian Hydrog, Dept. Chart 1397 as ""Gavan Krestovskaya,"" meaning ""cross harbor."" It was called ""Zaliv Mylkoy, ""meaning ""shallow bay,"" in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published as such by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.1500015259 |
Longitude: | -135.589996338 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Port Krestof: Port Krestof.
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 Port Krestof does not include property ownership information.