Information About

Russian Anchorage

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 6' 15.001" N,
154 ° 22' 21" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Akhiok

Russian Anchorage in Detail.

About

near mouth of Kinak Bay, on E coast of Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Monument, 23 mi. SE of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range

History

Named "Russian Harbor" in 1910 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); "Russian Anchorage" was reported in 1919 by R. F. Griggs, National Geographic Society.