Captains Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Captains Bay |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | southern arm of Unalaska Bay on NE coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands. 1.5 miles wide. |
History: | "Translation of the name given by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14, dated 1792), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Kapitanskaya Gavan"" meaning ""Captain Harbor"" in honor of Captain Lieutenant Michael Levashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who spent the winter at the head of this bay (Port Levashev) during 1768-69 (Coxe, 1787, p. 209-210)." |
Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 53.8602790833 |
Longitude: | -166.578048706 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Captains Bay: Captains Bay.
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Dutch Harbor, AK
(2.4 miles NE) Biorka, AK (15.3 miles E) |
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(17.7 miles WSW) |