Alaska Gazetteer
Golovnin Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Nome Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Golovnin Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | heads at Golovnin Lagoon and extends S to Norton Sound, 45 mi. E of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. 12 miles long. |
| History: | "Named ""Baie Golovnine"" or Golovnin Bay"" in 1821 by Kromchenko, (complete name not available) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for his vessel, the brig Golovnin, which in turn had been named after Captain Vasili Mikhailovich Golovnin, of the Russian Navy (Baker, 1906, p. 280). Captain F. P. Lutke, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), reported the Eskimo name ""Tatchik"" meaning ""bay"" in 1836. See Golovnin Sound. Office was established in 1899; the post office was discontinued in 1906 and reestablished in 1908 at Golovin." |
| Borough: | Nome Borough |
| Latitude: | 64.4914245605 |
| Longitude: | -163.034912109 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Golovnin Bay: Golovnin Bay.
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Golovin, AK
(3.6 miles N) |
White Mountain, AK
(17.1 miles NW) |
| Walla Walla, AK (17.3 miles ENE) |
