Kukkan Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Sitka Borough.
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Feature Name: | Kukkan Bay |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | on N coast of Herbert Graves I., 5 mi. W of Chichagof, off W coast of Chichagof I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Tlingit Indian name for Portlock Harbor reported by Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 189). At that time he thought that Kakkan Bay was identical to Portlock Harbor, but this was later discovered to be incorrect. The bay was named for a Tlingit Chief, Michael Kukkan, who in 1862 was appointed by the Russian Government to be ""Chief Toyon of Koloshi"" (Alaska Boundary Tribunal, v. 2, p. 316)." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.6669425964 |
Longitude: | -136.234161377 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kukkan Bay: Kukkan Bay.
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