Chiniak Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Chiniak Bay places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Chiniak Bay |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | on NE coast of Kodiak I., 14 miles wide. |
History: | "Aleut name published as ""Zaliv Chiniatskiy"" or ""Chiniat Bay"" by Sarichev (1826, map 16). Baker (1906, p. 179) wrote, ""* * * Chiniak is Aleut for a rocky, impassable, wretched sea."" According to R. H. Geoghegan, ""the name comes from the Aleut 'Chingaq,' which I do not interpret as a rocky, impassable, wretched sea.""" |
Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
Latitude: | 57.713054657 |
Longitude: | -152.355834961 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Chiniak Bay: Chiniak Bay.
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Kodiak, AK
(5.6 miles NNW) Mill Bay, AK (7.2 miles N) Chiniak, AK (8.5 miles SE) |
Kodiak Station, AK
(10 miles WNW) Womens Bay, AK (11.8 miles W) Ouzinkie, AK (15.5 miles NNW) |
Aleksashkina, AK (4.5 miles N) |