Alaska Gazetteer
Hood Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Hood Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | 4 mi. S of Angoon, on W coast of Admiralty I., Alex. Arch. 2 miles wide. |
| History: | "Named ""Hoods Bay"" in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), probably for the English Admiral and First Viscount, Samuel Hood, 1724-1816, (Wagner 1937, p. 392). Admiral Hood was second in command of Lord Rodney's North American Fleet druing the Revolutionary War. There has been some confusion of the names since Captain Vancouver's Hoods Bay apparently does not correspond to the description given by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey of Captain Vancouver's party who visited the locality (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 175). The bay was called ""Hhotz Bay"" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8050 in 1899. This name was probably derived from the Tlingit Indian word ""Chuts"" of ""huts"" meaning ""bear.""" |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.4097213745 |
| Longitude: | -134.516113281 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Hood Bay: Hood Bay.
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