Information About

Tebenkof Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 30' 15.998" N,
134 ° 12' 50" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Tebenkof Bay in Detail.

About

on W central coast of Kuiu I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1879 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Captain Michael Dmitrievich Tebenkov, governor of the Russian American colonies in 1845-50, whose "Atlas of the Northwest Coast of America" was used extensively in the preparation of this dictionary.