Information About

Crater Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

51 ° 58' 23.999" N,
178 ° 19' 4.001" E

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Adak

Crater Bay in Detail.

About

faces Bering Sea, on W coast of Davidof I., Rat Islands., Aleutian Islands. 1.3 miles wide.

History

So named in 1928 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "because it is partly encircled by ridges of igneous rock."