Alaska Gazetteer
Garden Cove is a physical feature (bay) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Garden Cove |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on SE coast of Saint George Island, in Pribilof Islands. 0.3 mile wide. |
| History: | "This cove is a good anchorage, reported by Elliott (1903, Saint George map and notes) in 1873-74. The Aleut name is ""Kra'kankring'a"" meaning ""facing the east,"" according to Putnam (1903, p.1015), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Elliott (p.19) writes that the early Russians ""planted at Garden Cove, ""which probably is the origin of the name." |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.5666656494 |
| Longitude: | -169.512496948 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Garden Cove: Garden Cove.
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 Garden Cove does not include property ownership information.
