Port Heiden is a physical feature (bay) in Lake and Peninsula Borough.
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Feature Name: | Port Heiden |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | extends NW 12 mi. from the Meshik River to Bristol Bay, entrance 3 mi. wide, between Strogonof Point and Chistiakof I. 9 mi. SW of Port Heiden Airfield; Bristol Bay Low. |
History: | "named ""Baie Comte Heyden"" in 1828 by Captain F. P. Lutke, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for ""Count Heiden."" named it ""Baie Houdobin"" for the officer on Lutke's corvette Moller." |
Borough: | Lake and Peninsula Borough |
Latitude: | 56.8524513245 |
Longitude: | -158.782028198 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Port Heiden: Port Heiden.
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 Port Heiden does not include property ownership information.
Meshik, AK (5.6 miles NE) |