Information About

Pybus Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 17' 10" N,
134 ° 2' 30.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Pybus Bay in Detail.

About

on E coast of Admiralty I., 5 mi. W of The Brothers and 53 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 143). The name was derived from Point Pybus, which marks the northeast entrance to the bay.