Information About

Bailey Ledge

Quick Facts

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Location

53 ° 51' 47.999" N,
166 ° 33' 25.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Bailey Ledge in Detail.

About

in Fox Islands., on N coast of Unalaska I. in Captains Bay, Aleutian Islands.

History

Reef shown, but not named , on early charts, and later omitted. Rediscovered in 1872 by Sylvanus Bailey, for whom it was named, second mate of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) schooner Humboldt.