Information About

Moses Rocks

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 20' 57.998" N,
161 ° 21' 2.999" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Moses Rocks in Detail.

About

off Coal Bay, 8 mi. E of Pavlof Bay, near SW end of Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Range

History

Local name reported in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), commander of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross from 1897 to 1901, who surveyed and investigated this area.

Topo Maps

Port Moller (1953), Port Moller (1953), Port Moller B-5 (1983), Port Moller (1988),

Places Near Moses Rocks

Bars:

Moses Rocks,

Bays:

Canoe Bay, Coal Bay, Pavlof Bay,

Capes:

Bluff Point, Cape Tolstoi, Seal Cape, Settlement Point, Southwest Point,

Islands:

Clay Island, Egg Island, Midway Rock, Omega Island, The Pinnacle, Ukolnoi Rocks, Wosnesenski Island,

Mountains:

Bobrovia Mountain, Cone Peak, Tolstoi Peak,

Rivers:

Canoe Bay River,

Streams:

Four Bear Creek, Humpy Creek, Mino Creek, Ness Creek,

Valleys:

Wolverine Gulch,