Information About

Murre Rocks

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Murre Rocks on The Map

Location

55 ° 5' 38" N,
159 ° 29' 52.001" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Murre Rocks in Detail.

About

off SE coast of Big Koniuji I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range

History

Amed in July 1874 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "because of the large number of these birds in the vicinity." This probably pertains to the North Pacific Murre (Uria aalge inornata).