Alaska Gazetteer
Baralof Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Aleutians East Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Baralof Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | extends W off Popof Strait, on E coast of Unga I., Aleutian Range. 3 miles long. |
| History: | "Apparently a corruption of ""Vavilof,"" as the bay was named ""Vavilofskaia Gavan"" by Father Veniaminov, in 1840 (v. 1, p. 258). In 1872 W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) called it ""New Harbor;"" Atwood (1911, p. 21) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), wrote of ""Baralof"" or ""Squaw Harbor.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians East Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.2355537415 |
| Longitude: | -160.550827026 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Baralof Bay: Baralof Bay.
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