Information About

Packers Spit

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 44' 16.001" N,
153 ° 30' 18" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Port Lions

Packers Spit in Detail.

About

at mouth of East Arm Uganik Bay, on N coast of Kodiak I.

History

Descriptive name published in 1943 by US@C&GS. A fish-packing plant was located here in the late 1800's. This feature was called "Uganuk Spit" (for Uganik Island) in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross.