Information About

Crater Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

51 ° 58' 23.999" N,
178 ° 19' 4.001" E

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Adak

Crater Bay in Detail.

About

faces Bering Sea, on W coast of Davidof I., Rat Islands., Aleutian Islands. 1.3 miles wide.

History

So named in 1928 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "because it is partly encircled by ridges of igneous rock."

Topo Maps

Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951),
Places Near Crater Bay
Archipelagos:

Rat Islands,

Bays:

Amos Cove, Crater Bay, Gunners Cove, Southeastern Cove, West Cove, William Cove, Williwaw Cove,

Capes:

Ayugadak Point, Double Point, Finger Point, Gray Point, Gula Point, Iron Point, Krysi Point, Northwest Head, Patterson Point, Prokhoda Point, Sitkin Point, South-southwest Point,

Channels:

Khvostof Pass, Little Sitkin Pass, Rat Island Pass,

Islands:

Davidof Island, Hawadax Island, Khvostof Island, Little Sitkin Island, Pin Rock, Pyramid Island, Segula Island,

Mountains:

Segula Peak,