Information About

Murphy Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 18' 47.002" N,
171 ° 31' 1.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Gambell

Murphy Bay in Detail.

About

Between Iwoonut Point and Southwest Cape, in the SW part of Saint Lawrence Island.

History

Named for Edward Dennis Murphy, Jr. who lost his life there on a Navy scientific expedition in 1953.