Information About

Kekur Peninsula

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 23' 21.001" N,
134 ° 55' 45.998" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

604 ft (184.1 m)

Kekur Peninsula in Detail.

About

14 mi. NW of village of Port Alexander, on S coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Descriptive Russian name meaning "sea-stack," or "pinnacle-rock" reported in 1925 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); probably given because "First Kekur" and "Second Kekur" are just offshore. See Kekur Island.

Topo Maps

Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander B-3 and B-4 (1951), Port Alexander B-3 and B-4 (1951), Port Alexander B-3 and B-4 (1951), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander B-3 NW (2017),

Places Near Kekur Peninsula

Cities:

Big Port Walter,

Archipelagos:

Redfish Islets,

Bars:

Fivefathom Patch, Redfish Breaker, Reef Shoal, Tenfathom Anchorage,

Basins:

Kritoi Basin,

Bays:

Port Banks, Big Branch Bay, Big Port Walter, Branch Bay, Byron Bay, Close Bay, Driftwood Cove, Larch Bay, Little Branch Bay, Little Puffin Bay, Lovers Cove, Puffin Bay, Rakovoi Bay, Redfish Bay, Sandy Bay, Snipe Bay, Still Harbor,

Capes:

Point Lauder, Finger Point, Granite Point, Kekur Peninsula, Kekur Point, Mussel Point, North Cape, Overhang Point, Puffin Point, Redfish Cape, Redfish Point,

Channels:

First Narrows, Second Narrows,

Hills:

Snipe Head,

Islands:

Beavertail Island, Big Branch Rock, Bush Rock, First Kekur, Krishka Island, Midway Island, Onetree Rock, Reef Rock, Sea Lion Rocks, Second Kekur, Third Kekur, Tikhaia Islands, Viking Rock,

Lakes:

Antipatr Lake, Baturin Lake, Borodino Lake, Clarks Pond, Cliff Lake, Deer Lake, Khvostof Lake, Maksoutof Lake, Nakvassin Lake, Plotnikof Lake, Rezanof Lake, Tumakof Lake,

Mountains:

Grouse Peak, Mount Hagemeister, Mount Kolloen, Mount Muravief, Ptarmigan Peak, Mount Rudakof, Mount Stoeckel,

Rivers:

Maksoutof River,

Routes:

Davidof Lake Trail,