Alaska Gazetteer
Port Graham is a physical feature (bay) in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Port Graham |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | Indenting the SW end of the Kenai Peninsula, 8 mi SW of Seldovia, and S of Dangerous Cape; Chugach Mountains. 2.5 miles wide. |
| History: | "Named ""Grahams Harbour"" by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, Royal Navy (RN), in 1786 (1787, map facing p. 102). The Russians called this bay ""Bukh[ta] Anglitskaya,"" or ""English Bay,"" because of the English mapping and visitation there in the late 18th century. Captain John Meres, Royal Navy (RN), called it Cool Bay in 1788." |
| Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.3622207642 |
| Longitude: | -151.846664429 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Port Graham: Port Graham.
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 Port Graham does not include property ownership information.
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Port Graham, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Nanwalek, AK (2.7 miles W) |
Seldovia, AK
(7.1 miles NE) Seldovia Village, AK (10.5 miles NE) |
| Jakolof Bay, AK (13.2 miles ENE) |
