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Kizhuyak Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 49' 10.999" N,
152 ° 52' 26" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Port Lions

Kizhuyak Bay in Detail.

About

extends SW 20 mi. off Marmot Bay, E of Whale I., on N coast of Kodiak I.; Kodiak I.

History

native name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "B(ukhta) Kizhuyak," or "Kizhuyak Bay." "Z(aliv) Shakhmanova ili Bukhta Kizhuyakskaya," "Shakmanor or Kizhuyak Bay,; given in 1839 or 1840 by Sub Lieutenant Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart. 1425.