Information About

Iniskin Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 41' 48.001" N,
153 ° 25' 5.002" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Newhalen

Iniskin Bay in Detail.

About

at mouth of Iniskin River, extends south 10 miles to Cook Inlet, W of Iniskin Peninsula, Aleutian Range

History

Local name reported in 1903 as "Enochkin" by G. C. Martin (in Emmons and Hayes, 1904, p. 376), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); said to have been named for a Russian trader named Enochkin, "who years ago had a post in the region."