Information About

Nehenta Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Nehenta Bay on The Map

Location

55 ° 9' 49" N,
131 ° 47' 30.998" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Nehenta Bay in Detail.

About

extends NE from Clarence Strait, on SW coast of Gravina I., Alex. Arch.

History

Tlingit Indian word meaning "copper ore"; name in 1922 given by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because its "Field-party of 1921 * * * reported the existence of copper-prospects there."

Places Near Nehenta Bay
Archipelagos:

Blank Islands, Percy Islands,

Areas:

Point McCartey, Upper Nickeyville,

Bars:

Bailey Rock, California Rock, Fillmore Rock, Hid Reef, Idaho Rock, Kelp Rocks, Lewis Reef, Lively Rock, Pennock Reef, Phocena Rocks, Potter Rock, Walden Rocks,

Bays:

Port Johnson, Bald Headed Cove, Black Sand Cove, Blank Inlet, Bostwick Inlet, Canoe Cove, Chichagof Bay, Clam Cove, Dall Bay, Dutch Harbor, Grant Cove, Ingraham Bay, Nehenta Bay, Nelson Cove, Open Bay (not official), Phocana Bay, Phocena Bay, Radenbough Cove, Seal Cove, Smuggler Cove, Sylburn Harbor, Whisky Cove,

Beaches:

Black Sand Beach,

Capes:

Point Percy, Point McCartey, Point Davidson, Point Davison, Adams Point, Bar Point, Blank Point, Bostwick Point, Cedar Point, Charcoal Point, Dall Head, Driest Point, Gravina Point, Ingraham Point, Lewis Point, Rip Point, Scott Point, Sextant Point, South Vallenar Point, Walden Point, Windy Point,

Channels:

Nichols Passage, Tongass Narrow, Tongass Narrows,

Cities:

Ketchikan, Saxman,

Dams:

Carlanna Lake Dam, Ketchikan Debris Control Dam, Ketchikan Diversion Dam, Ketchikan Lakes Dam, North Fawn Lake Dam, Saxman Dam, Saxman Lower Reservoir Dam, South Fawn Lake Dam,

Fictional Places:

Elmo,

Hills:

Judy Hill, Level Mountain,

Islands:

Bronaugh Islands, Cow Island, East Clump, Gravina Island, Gravina Islands, Grouse Rock, Gull Island, Moira Rock, Murdo Island, Pennock Island, Polk Island, Seal Cove Rocks, Sun Rocks, Warburton Island, Wedge Island, Wedge Islands, Whiterock Island,

Lakes:

Bostwick Lake, Carlanna Lake, Downdraft Lake, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Granite Basin, Lower and Upper Ketchikan Lakes, Lower Ketchikan Lake, Scout Lake,

Mountains:

Chapin Peak, Curve Mountain, Deer Mountain, Deer Mountains, Doe Mountain, Doe Mountain, Fish Mountain, Flat Mountain, High Mountain, House Mountain, Irvin Thompson Mountain, Minerva Mountain, Nipple Mountain, Plain Mountain, Punch Hill, The Puppets, Smooth Mountain, Spot Mountain, Sullivan Mountain,

Parks:

Black Sands Beach State Marine Park, Dall Bay State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Nichols Passage,

Mountain Ranges:

California Ridge,

Ridges:

Dall Ridge, Dall Ridge,

Streams:

Bostwick Creek, Carlanna Creek, Government Creek, Halibut Creek, Hoadley Creek, Ketchikan Creek, Vallenar Creek,

Routes:

Carlanna Lake Trail, Deer Mountain National Recreation Trail, Minerva Mountain Trail, Silvis Lakes Traverse,

Cities:

Carlanna, Pennock Island, Shoreline Drive,