Information About

Ursus Cove

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 31' 19.999" N,
153 ° 41' 58.999" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Newhalen

Ursus Cove in Detail.

About

enters Kamishak Bay on SE coast of Alaska Peninsula, 14 mi. NW of Augustine I., Aleutian Ra

History

According to G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the local name for this feature in 1904 was Bear Cove. Howaver, owing to the multiplicity of "bear" names throughout Alaska, Board on Geographic Names (BGN) renamed the bay using the Latin Ord for bear.