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Latax Rocks

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Location

58 ° 41' 21.998" N,
152 ° 29' 16.001" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Ouzinkie

Latax Rocks in Detail.

About

Located 5 miles north of Shuyak Island and 56 miles north of Kodiak Island.

History

Name given by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1910 in an effort to stem the increasing duplication of "Bobrovyye," published for this feature by the Russian American Company in 1849, and "Sea Otter," the translation of Bobrovyye, applied to these rocks by Baker (1906 p. 558). In 1910 "*** A suggestion was made (to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) *** that the Indian (?) name for Sea Otter is Latax * * ". The word may possibly be from the Aleut "cngatua" meaning "hairy sea otter" according to R. H. Geoghegan.

Topo Maps

Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak C-2 and C-3 (1952), Afognak C-2 and C-3 (1952), Afognak C-2 and C-3 (1952), Afognak C-2 and C-3 (1954),

Places Near Latax Rocks

Bars:

Latax Rocks, Starr Rocks,

Bays:

Port William, Andreon Bay, Back Bay, Big Bay, Carry Inlet, Daylight Harbor, Port Lawrence, Neketa Bay, Shangin Bay, Shuyak Harbor, Western Inlet, Wonder Bay,

Capes:

Point Banks, Cape Newland, Carshan Point, Eagle Cape, Lighthouse Point, Party Cape, Tetrakof Point,

Channels:

Big Fort Channel, Dark Passage, Perevalnie Passage, Shuyak Strait, Skiff Passage, Stevenson Entrance,

Dams:

Port William Dam,

Islands:

Big Fort Island, Dark Island, Ermine Island, Green Island, Gull Island, Little Fort Island, Perevalnie Islands, Sentinel Rock, Shag Island, Shangin Rock, Shuyak Island,

Cities:

Port William,