Alaska Gazetteer
Controller Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Controller Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | extends SE from mouth of Bering River to Okalee Spit, on S coast of Alaska, 5 mi. SE of Katalla, Malaspina Coastal Plain. 15 miles long. |
| History: | "Named Comptrollers Bay by Captain Cook (1785, v.2, p. 353), Royal Navy (RN), about May 11, 1778, probably for Maurice Suckling who was comptroller of the Royal Navy when Cook left on this expedition (Wagner, 1937, p. 382). The name was adopted by Captain Vancouver. The Russians transliterated the name to ""Zal Kontrolyer"" on Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378, dated 1847." |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.0833320618 |
| Longitude: | -144.239440918 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Controller Bay: Controller Bay.
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 Controller Bay does not include property ownership information.
| Katalla, AK (12.4 miles NW) |
