Alaska Gazetteer
Smith Bay is a physical feature (bay) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Smith Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on coast of Beaufort Sea, first sizable bay E of Point Barrow, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "On July 27, 1837, Thomas Simpson (1843, p. 137) wrote: ""We now found ourselves in a large and very shallow bay, which we had much pleasure in naming after our worthy friend Chief Factor Smith, ***"" of the Hudson's Bay Company. It is E Smith's Bay on Simpson's map." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.8772506714 |
| Longitude: | -154.327194214 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Smith Bay: Smith Bay.
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