Information About

Scammon Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 56' 6" N,
165 ° 49' 59.999" W

Region

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City

Chevak

Scammon Bay in Detail.

About

on coast of Bering Sea, N of Cape Romanzof, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History

Named by Dall (1870, p. 264) who wrote "The bay north and east of Cape Dyer, and southeast of the southern sand island, it is proposed to call Scammon Bay, in honor of Captain C(harles) M. Scammon, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS)., Chief of Marine of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition."