Information About

Birdsnest Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Birdsnest Bay on The Map

Location

57 ° 0' 54" N,
135 ° 14' 25.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Birdsnest Bay in Detail.

About

on W coast of Baranof I., between No Thorofare and Camp Coogan Bays, 4.5 mi. SE of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.2 mile wide.

History

Local name reported in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It was called "Kaditskaya Bay" by Samuel Milletich in 1879; according to R. N. Dearmond this is "said to be a Russian family name."

Places Near Birdsnest Bay
Cities:

The Redoubt, Silver Bay,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Gillmore Islands, Kutchuma Islands, Necker Islands, Taigud Islands,

Areas:

Old Sitka Rocks, Sawmill Creek Recreational Area,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Ferebee Rock, Frosty Reef, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Middle Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Rocky Patch, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Tsaritsa Rock, Usher Rock, Vasilief Bank,

Basins:

Billy Basin,

Bays:

Aleutkina Bay, Bear Cove, Big Bay, Birdsnest Bay, Camp Coogan Bay, Cedar Cove, Crane Cove, Crescent Bay, Deep Inlet, Herring Bay, Herring Cove, Hot Springs Bay, Jamestown Bay, Kanga Bay, Katlian Bay, Kidney Cove, Kliuchevoi Bay, Leesoffskaia Bay, Marsh Bay, Mielkoi Cove, Nakwasina Sound, No Thorofare Bay, Pirate Cove, Redoubt Bay, Samsing Cove, Sandy Cove, Sawmill Cove, Sealing Cove, Shamrock Bay, Silver Bay, Sitka Harbor, Starrigavan Bay, Thimbleberry Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, West Crawfish Inlet, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Cape Burunof, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Entry Point, Halibut Point, Harbor Point, Kliuchef Peninsula, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Peresheek Point, Povorotni Point, Silver Point, Watson Point,

Channels:

Dorothy Narrows, Eastern Channel, Islet Passage, Koka Island Passage, Middle Channel, Western Channel,

Cities:

Sitka,

Dams:

Blue Lake Dam, Cascade Creek Dam, Indian River Dam, Sheldon Jackson College Dam,

Fictional Places:

Port Anna,

Hills:

Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Arguello Island, Ball Islets, Bamdoroshni Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Belknap Islands, Berry Island, Big Gavanski Island, Blackbird Island, Boidarkin Island, Border Rocks, Breast Island, Calligan Island, Calming Island, Cannon Island, Caution Island, Charcoal Island, Cobb Island, Crosswise Islands, Dove Island, The Eckholms, Elovoi Island, Emgeten Island, Error Island, Fankuda Islet, Fassett Island, Fragrant Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Galankin Island, Galkin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Griffith Island, Guertin Island, Gull Islet, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Harris Island, Ilput Island, Japonski Island, Kamennoi Island, Kanga Island, Kasiana Islands, Katz Island, Kayak Islands, Kirbas Island, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Kliuchevoi Island, Koka Island, Kolash Island, Korga Island, Kulichkof Rock, Kutkan Island, Legma Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Long Island, Love Island, Luce Island, Makhnati Island, Marshall Island, Martin Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Middle Island, Minett Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Naerie Rock, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Passage Islands, Peisar Island, Pishak Island, Pritchard Rock, Rashimosti Island, Reshimosti Island, Ring Island, Road Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Round Island, Sasedni Island, Sheep Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sosnovoi Island, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Taigud Island, Tiurpa Island, Torsar Island, Turning Island, The Twins, Ulinoi Island, Unishka Island, Viesokoi Rock, Virublennoi Island, Volga Island, Whale Island, Zenobia Rock,

Lakes:

Bear Lake, Beaver Lake, Cold Storage Lake, Lake Diana, Lake Ekaterina, Glacier Lake, Goat Lake, Green Lake, Heart Lake, Hogan Lake, Indigo Lake, Lake Irina, Lucky Chance Lakes, Luna Lake, Medvejie Lake, Pinta Lake, Redoubt Lake, Salmon Lake, Swan Lake, Thimbleberry Lake,

Mountains:

Arrowhead Peak, Mount Bassie, Bear Mountain, Camel Mountain, Clarence Kramer Peak, Cross Mountain, Cupola Peak, Mount Dranishnikof, Eureka Mountain, Harbor Peak, Mount Katlian, Mount Kinkaid, Mount Kliuchef, Mount Longenbaugh, Lucky Chance Mountain, Mount Sharp, Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Verstovia,

Mountain Passes:

Ellsworth Cut, Western Anchorage,

Mountain Ranges:

The Pyramids, The Sisters,

Ridges:

Gavan Hill,

Rivers:

Coxe River, Dranishnikov River, Indian River, Katlian River, Vodopad River,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Granite Creek, Kizhuchia Creek, Peterson Creek, Salmon Creek, Sawmill Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Mount Verstovia Trail, Blue Lake to Glacier Lake Trail, Gavan Hill Trail, Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Herring Cove Trail, Indian River Trail, Redoubt Lake Trail, Silver Bay Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail, Starrigavan Fish Viewing Trail,

Cities:

Goddard,