Hooper Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Kusilvak (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Hooper Bay |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | on coast of Bering Sea, 22 mi. S of village of Scammon Bay, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. 11 miles wide. |
History: | "Named by Nelson (1882, v. 4, p. 666), U.S. Signal Service, in December 1878, for Captain Calvin Leighton Hooper, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), who did extensive investigations in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. The Eskimo name for this bay is ""Kan-ir-thluk"" according to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1951." |
Borough: | Kusilvak (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 61.4919433594 |
Longitude: | -165.933334351 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Hooper Bay: Hooper Bay.
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Hooper Bay, AK
(6 miles WNW) |
Chevak, AK
(11.7 miles ENE) |