Information About

Balboa Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 30' 38.999" N,
160 ° 35' 48.998" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Balboa Bay in Detail.

About

on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, extends N E of Cape Aliaksin, aleutian Range. 7 miles long.

History

Named Bukhta Perenosnoi or Portage Bay in 1847 by the Russian Hydrographic Dept., for the portage across the peninsula from the head of this bay to Herendeen Bay. Published by Captain Tebenkov as Bukh(ta) Balboa Bay Continued Perenosnaya (1852, map 24) irn. Balboa Bay was proposed in 1907 by S.S. Philbrick and adopted by Board on Geographic Names (BGN), but this feature is known locally as Portage Bay.

Topo Maps

Port Moller (1953), Port Moller (1953), Port Moller C-2 (1963), Port Moller C-2 (1963), Port Moller (1988),
Places Near Balboa Bay
Bars:

Caton Shoal, Popof Reef, Unga Reef, Unga Spit, Weedy Shoals,

Bays:

Balboa Bay, Coal Harbor, Humboldt Harbor, Lefthand Bay, Lumber Bay, Mud Bay, San Diego Bay, Zachary Bay,

Capes:

Cape Aliaksin, Cross Cape, Danger Point, East Head, Gull Point, Monolith Point, North Head, Quartz Point, Reef Point, Sand Point, Swedania Point, West Head,

Channels:

Unga Strait,

Cliffs:

White Bluff,

Dams:

New England Fish Company Dam Sand Point,

Flats:

Kagayan Flats,

Islands:

Arch Rock, Ballast Island, Basset Island, Guillemot Island, Gull Island, Range Island, Range Islet, Round Island,

Mountains:

Cathedral Peak, Pyramid Mountain,

Streams:

Bishop Creek, Coleman Creek, Foster Creek, Johnson Creek, Portage Creek,

Valleys:

Deer Valley, Grass Valley, Portage Valley,

Cities:

Sand Point,