Information About

Captains Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Captains Bay on The Map

Location

53 ° 51' 37.001" N,
166 ° 34' 41.002" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Captains Bay in Detail.

About

southern arm of Unalaska Bay on NE coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands. 1.5 miles wide.

History

Translation of the name given by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14, dated 1792), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Kapitanskaya Gavan" meaning "Captain Harbor" in honor of Captain Lieutenant Michael Levashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who spent the winter at the head of this bay (Port Levashev) during 1768-69 (Coxe, 1787, p. 209-210).