Information About

Izhiga Cove

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Location

53 ° 18' 52.999" N,
168 ° 23' 1" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Izhiga Cove in Detail.

About

in Inanudak Bay, on W central coast of Umnak I.; Aleutian Islands. 1 mile wide.

History

Aleut name reported by Father Veniaminov (1840, v. 1, p. 146) and applied to this cove after the area was surveyed in 1939 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Anchorage" because it "affords a fair anchorage in northerly weather * * *."

Topo Maps

Umnak (1951), Umnak (1951), Umnak (1951), Umnak (1951), Umnak (1951), Umnak (1951), Umnak (1951), Umnak (1951), Umnak (1958),

Places Near Izhiga Cove

Bays:

Cemetery Cove, Geyser Bight, Hot Springs Cove, Inanudak Bay, Izhiga Cove, Partov Cove, Russian Bay, Stepanof Cove,

Beaches:

Asudakix Sitxa, Qigunam-tugumaga,

Capes:

Aguliuk Point, Broken Point, Cape Aslik, Cape Chagak, Cape Kigunak, Cinder Point, Igudax, Qagalim-kadaa, Qmalgaagus Kadaa, Steeple Point, Thumb Point,

Cliffs:

Weeping Wall,

Islands:

Umnak Island,

Mountains:

Jag Peak, Mount Okmok, Mount Recheshnoi,

Mountain Passes:

Bottleneck Pass, Hourglass Pass,

Pillars:

The Pillars,

Streams:

Colorado Creek, Connecticut Creek, Delaware Creek, Geyser Creek, Ginger Creek, Vermont Creek,

Valleys:

Inanudak Canyon,

Cities:

Umnak,