Information About

Close Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 31' 17" N,
135 ° 1' 49.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Close Bay in Detail.

About

S of Whale Bay, on SW coast of Baranof I., 24 mi. NW of Port Alexander, Alex. Arch. 0.5 mile long.

History

Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 133); translated from "Bukhta Dushnaya," which was published in 1849 by the Russian American Company.

Topo Maps

Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander C-4 (1951), Port Alexander C-4 (1951), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander C-4 (1994), Port Alexander C-4 (1994), Port Alexander C-4 SE (2017),

Places Near Close Bay

Archipelagos:

Redfish Islets,

Bars:

Fivefathom Patch, Tenfathom Anchorage,

Basins:

Kritoi Basin,

Bays:

Port Banks, Big Branch Bay, Byron Bay, Close Bay, Dorothy Cove, Great Arm, Great Arm Whale Bay, Jamboree Bay, Little Branch Bay, Necker Bay, Rakovoi Bay, Redfish Bay, Sandy Bay, Small Arm, Snipe Bay, Still Harbor, Toy Harbor, Whale Bay, Yamani Cove,

Capes:

Point Lauder, Aspid Cape, Finger Point, Granite Point, Kekur Peninsula, Kekur Point, Mussel Point, North Cape, Overhang Point, Redfish Cape,

Channels:

First Narrows, Second Narrows, Walker Channel,

Hills:

Snipe Head,

Islands:

Beauchamp Island, Beavertail Island, Bush Rock, First Kekur, Guibert Islets, Kakovo Island, Krishka Island, Makhnati Islands, Midway Island, Onetree Rock, Reef Rock, Second Kekur, Slate Islets, Third Kekur, Tikhaia Islands, Viking Rock, Yamani Islets,

Lakes:

Antipatr Lake, Avoss Lake, Baturin Lake, Davidof Lake, Khvostof Lake, Maksoutof Lake, Plotnikof Lake, Rezanof Lake, Tumakof Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Emma, Mount Hagemeister, Mount Rudakof, Mount Stoeckel,

Rivers:

Maksoutof River,

Routes:

Davidof Lake Trail,