Alaska Gazetteer
Murphy Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Murphy Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | Between Iwoonut Point and Southwest Cape, in the SW part of Saint Lawrence Island. |
| History: | Named for Edward Dennis Murphy, Jr. who lost his life there on a Navy scientific expedition in 1953. |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.3130569458 |
| Longitude: | -171.517227173 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Murphy Bay: Murphy Bay.
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 Murphy Bay does not include property ownership information.
