Bowen Anchorage is a physical feature (bay) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Bowen Anchorage places it within the AK 99664 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Bowen Anchorage |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | on E coast of Kenai Peninsula, SE side of Day Harbor, 16 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts. 0.5 mile wide. |
History: | "Named in 1927 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for William H. Bowen, of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) vessel Surveyor,""who was drowned October 3, 1927, at Seward,Alaska, in heroic effort to rescue two of his shipmates who had been thrown into the wate r by the swamping of their skiff.""" |
Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
Latitude: | 60.018611908 |
Longitude: | -149.067779541 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bowen Anchorage: Bowen Anchorage.
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 Bowen Anchorage does not include property ownership information.
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