Information About

Saint John Baptist Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Saint John Baptist Bay on The Map

Location

57 ° 17' 34.001" N,
135 ° 34' 35" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Saint John Baptist Bay in Detail.

About

empties into Neva Strait, on NW coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History

This is a translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) about 1882 of the name given by the Russian pilot Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 as "Zaliv Svataya Ioanna Predtechi."

Places Near Saint John Baptist Bay
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Archipelagos:

Gavanski Islands, Magoun Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows, Old Sitka Rocks,

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Columbine Rock, E Francis Rock, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Wayanda Ledge, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Port Mary, Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Crab Bay, Cuvacan Cove, Deep Bay, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Fish Bay, Gilmer Cove, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Kalinin Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Mud Bay, Nakwasina Sound, Promisla Bay, Rodman Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salisbury Sound, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sinitsin Cove, Starrigavan Bay, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Whitestone Cove,

Capes:

Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Brown, Point Kakul, Allan Point, Arthur Point, Creek Point, Dog Point, Duffield Peninsula, Eastern Point, Escape Cape, Fish Point, Haley Point, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Hayward Point, Inner Point, Island Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Mountain Point, Near Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Pinta Head, Pogibshi Point, Range Point, Rapids Point, Rob Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Whitestone Point, Yellow Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, East Channel Hayward Strait, Hayward Strait, Kakul Narrows, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Olga Strait, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, West Channel Hayward Strait, Whitestone Narrows,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bare Island, Bart Island, Bear Bay Island, Beehive Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Chaichei Islands, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, East Francis Rock, Entrance Island, Gagarin Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Guide Island, Haley Rocks, Halleck Island, Highwater Island, Kane Islands, Kasiana Islands, Krestof Island, Krugloi Islands, Kruzof Island, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Little Gavanski Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Middle Island, Mills Island, Nadezhda Islands, Partofshikof Island, Piper Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Siginaka Islands, Sinitsin Island, Sound Islands, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock, Whitestone Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia,

Mountains:

Krestof Mountain, Shell Mountain,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park, Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Ridges:

Crater Ridge,

Streams:

Fish Bay Creek, Granite Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Kruzof Island Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail,