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Murder Cove in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough AK

Murder Cove, Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough, Alaska

Murder Cove is a physical feature (bay) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.

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Feature Name:	Murder Cove
Category:	Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type:	Physical
Class:	Bay
Description:	on S tip of Admiralty I., 11 mi. SE of Baranof, Alex. Arch.
History:	"Named presumably by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1869 because ""traders occasionally anchor here and one small party, while asleep on the beach, were murdered by natives, their boat rifled and bodies left to be destroyed by wild animals."" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 131)."
Borough:	Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough
Latitude:	57.0291671753
Longitude:	-134.555557251

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Murder Cove: Murder Cove.

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Baranof, AK (11.2 miles WNW)

Neltushkin, AK (16 miles N)