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Resurrection Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 0' 22" N,
149 ° 22' 9.998" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Seward

Fatalities

1

Resurrection Bay in Detail.

About

Located on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula, trends south from the mouth of Resurrection River at Seward to Harding Gateway and Blying Sound, Chugach MoChugach (AK-T1).

History

Named "Voskresenskaya Gavan" meaning "Resurrection (Sunday) Harbor" by Alexander Baranovled Port Andrews by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, Royal Navy (RN), in 1787. The first ship to be built in Alaska, the Phoenix, was built there in 1794. (AK-T1)

Fatalities

On June 4, 2024, 1 person died while fishing. Read More

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Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Common Murre, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffin, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Pelagic Cormorant, Barrow's Goldeneye, Sooty Shearwater, Surf Scoter, Sandhill Crane, Marbled Murrelet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Arctic Tern, Pine Siskin, Mallard, Red-breasted Merganser, Pigeon Guillemot, Double-crested Cormorant, Common Merganser, American Crow, Red-necked Phalarope, Ancient Murrelet, Herring Gull, Red-faced Cormorant, Northern Pintail, Parakeet Auklet, Bald Eagle, Harlequin Duck, White-winged Scoter, Greater Scaup, Black Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Northern Shoveler, Least Sandpiper, Horned Grebe, Thick-billed Murre, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Pacific Loon, Short-tailed Shearwater, Black-billed Magpie, White-winged Crossbill, Rock Sandpiper, Pomarine Jaeger, Crested Auklet, Trumpeter Swan, Bonaparte's Gull, Canada Goose, Common Redpoll, Ring-necked Duck, Northern Fulmar, Pine Grosbeak, Fox Sparrow, Gadwall, Varied Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Buff-bellied Pipit, Black Oystercatcher, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, Black Turnstone, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Long-tailed Duck, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Long-tailed Jaeger, Common Raven, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Bohemian Waxwing, Savannah Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Western Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, Caspian tern, Great Blue Heron, Steller's Jay, Dark-eyed Junco, White-crowned Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, American Wigeon, Semipalmated Plover, Hudsonian Godwit, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Red-necked Grebe, Ruddy Turnstone, Common Loon, Wilson's Warbler, Spruce Grouse, Black-bellied Plover, Pacific Golden-Plover, Red Phalarope, Lesser Yellowlegs, Cassin's Auklet, Leach's Storm-petrel, Downy Woodpecker, Common Starling, Song Sparrow, Tundra Swan, Green-winged Teal, Willow Ptarmigan, Wilson's Snipe, Wandering Tattler, Hairy Woodpecker, Peregrine Falcon, Gray Jay, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee, Cliff Swallow, Townsend's Warbler, Common Eider, Rufous Hummingbird, Parasitic Jaeger, Aleutian Tern, Yellow-billed Loon, Pacific Wren, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Canvasback, Whimbrel, Spotted Sandpiper, Glaucous Gull, Red-throated Loon, Osprey, Golden Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Alder Flycatcher, Northern Shrike, Bank Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Dipper, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Red Crossbill, American Tree Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Steller's Eider, Rock Ptarmigan, Pied-billed Grebe, Surfbird, Pectoral Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Sabine's Gull, Iceland Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Black-footed Albatross, Manx Shearwater, Northern Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Great Horned Owl, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Merlin, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Barn Swallow, Brown Creeper, Swainson's Thrush, Northern Waterthrush, Blackpoll Warbler, Rock Pigeon

Places Near Resurrection Bay
Bays:

Blying Sound, Bulldog Cove, Derby Cove, Driftwood Bay, Humpy Cove, Killer Bay, Marys Bay, Porcupine Cove, Resurrection Bay, Safety Cove, Sunny Cove, Talus Bay, Thumb Cove,

Capes:

Bear Glacier Point, Caines Head, Callisto Head, Cape Resurrection, The Iron Door, Lowell Point, Race Point, Resurrection Peninsula, Sandspit Point, Tonsina Point,

Channels:

Eldorado Narrows, Harding Gateway,

Cities:

Seward,

Dams:

Lowell Creek Dam,

Glaciers:

Bear Lake Glacier, Glacier G210704E60136N, Glacier G210711E60126N, Glacier G210790E60102N, Godwin Glacier, Porcupine Glacier, Prospect Glacier, Spoon Glacier,

Islands:

Barwell Island, Fox Island, Hat Island, Hive Island, Marys Rock, Rugged Island, Twin Rocks,

Lakes:

The Lagoon, Bear Lake, Bear Lake, First Lake, Grouse Lake, Little Bear Lake, Preachers Pond, Second Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Alice, Bear Mountain, Mount Benson, Callisto Peak, Mount Eva, Marathon Mountain, Phoenix Peak, Tiehacker Mountain,

Parks:

Driftwood Bay State Marine Park, Safety Cove State Marine Park, Sandspit Point State Marine Park, Sunny Cove State Marine Park, Thumb Cove State Marine Park, Two Lakes Park,

Peaks:

Foundary Peak, Mount Jerry Dixon, Mount Kenny Baker, Lowell Peak, Mount Mary, Santa Ana Peak,

Ridges:

Resurrection Peaks,

Rivers:

Resurrection River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Box Canyon Creek, Clear Creek, Fourth of July Creek, Godwin Creek, Japanese Creek, Likes Creek, Lost Creek, Lowell Creek, Salmon Creek, Sawmill Creek, Scheffler Creek, Spring Creek, Spruce Creek, Tonsina Creek,

Routes:

Alpine Trail, Beach Access Trail, Caines Head Trail, Loop Trail, South Beach Trail,

Cities:

Bear Creek, Lowell Point, Woodrow,