Alaska Gazetteer
Jamestown Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Jamestown Bay places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Jamestown Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | 1.5 mi. SE of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I.; Alex. Arch. 0.6 mile wide. |
| History: | named in 1879 by the U.S. Navy for the U.S.S. Jamestown, which was stationed in southeastern Alaska, primarily at Sitka, where her officers, including Lieutenant F. M. Symonds and Master G. C. Hanus, were engaged in surveying Sitka Sound. sound were named after officers of the ship. Bay was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 144). |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.0444450378 |
| Longitude: | -135.293060303 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Jamestown Bay: Jamestown 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 Jamestown Bay does not include property ownership information.
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Goddard, AK
(14.8 miles SSW) |
Baranof, AK
(17.6 miles E) |
