Information About

Shearwater Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 20' 11" N,
152 ° 53' 58.999" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Port Lions

Shearwater Bay in Detail.

About

off Kiliuda Bay, on SE coast of Kodiak I.

History

Descriptive name given by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1904, "probably owing to the abundance of one or more of the many species of water-fowl to which the name i s applied." The name probably refers to the Slender-billed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris.

Topo Maps

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Places Near Shearwater Bay

Cities:

Eagle Harbor, Kiliuda, Onihitsk,

Bars:

Barnabas Rock, Kiliuda Rock,

Bays:

Boulder Bay, Eagle Harbor, Hidden Basin, Kiliuda Bay, McDonald Lagoon, Saltery Cove, Santa Flavia Bay, Shearwater Bay, Ugak Bay,

Capes:

Bluff Point, Cape Barnabas, Coxcomb Point, Dangerous Cape, Ermine Point, Harbor Hat Point, Inner Right Cape, Lagoon Point, Left Cape, Observation Point, Outer Right Cape, Pillar Point, Pivot Point, Shearwater Point,

Islands:

Dusk Islands, Ghost Rocks, Ladder Island, Nest Island, Table Island,

Mountains:

Mount Glottof,

Streams:

Pillar Creek, Saltery Creek, Wild Creek,