Information About

Makushin Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

53 ° 44' 8.999" N,
166 ° 57' 40" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Makushin Bay in Detail.

About

Located on the west coast of Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands.

History

Russian name given by Captain P.K. Krenitzin and Lieutenant M. Levashev (Cove, 1787, p. 222), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and was transliterated as Makyshinskaia Bay by Reverend Cox (Chart 2, p. 205). This name may have been taken from the Russian word Makushka, meaning the crown (of the head) or top, possibly referring to Makushin Volcano. Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14, dated 1792) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published the name as Guba Makushinskaya, meaning Makushin Bay.