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Cemetery Cove

Cemetery Cove

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  • Aleutians West (CA)
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in Inanudak Bay, on W central coast of Umnak I., Aleutian Islands. 1.3 miles wide.

History of Cemetery Cove

This feature was first called "Southwest Anchorage" in 1938 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "because it affords shelter in westerly and southerly weather;" the descriptiv e name of "Cemetery Cove" was applied in 1939 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "because of the graveyard of the natives on the shore of this cove."