Information About

Cemetery Cove

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cemetery Cove on The Map

Location

53 ° 15' 51.998" N,
168 ° 25' 32.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Cemetery Cove in Detail.

About

in Inanudak Bay, on W central coast of Umnak I., Aleutian Islands. 1.3 miles wide.

History

This feature was first called "Southwest Anchorage" in 1938 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "because it affords shelter in westerly and southerly weather;" the descriptiv e name of "Cemetery Cove" was applied in 1939 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "because of the graveyard of the natives on the shore of this cove."