Alaska Gazetteer
Nakwasina Sound is a physical feature (bay) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Nakwasina Sound places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Nakwasina Sound |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | between Baranof I. and E coast of Halleck I., 11 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Russian name meaning ""fermented"" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Guba Nakvasinskaya."" See Nakwasina Passage." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.2163887024 |
| Longitude: | -135.386947632 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Nakwasina Sound: Nakwasina Sound.
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 Nakwasina Sound does not include property ownership information.
