Information About

Rurik Harbor

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Rurik Harbor on The Map

Location

59 ° 34' 40.001" N,
139 ° 46' 50.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Rurik Harbor in Detail.

About

on S end of Khantaak I., 1 mi. N of Point Turner and 2.2 mi. NW of Yakutat; Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

named by Khromchenko, who surveyed the area in 1823, after a ship (brig) belonging to the Russian-American Co. originally applied to the combined water area of what is now Rurik Harbor and Port Mulgrave. the northernmost of the two bays.