Information About

Disenchantment Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 57' 42.998" N,
139 ° 34' 12" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Disenchantment Bay in Detail.

About

Extends southwest for 10 miles from the mouth of Russell Fiord to Point Latouche, at the head of Yakutat Bay, St. Elias Mts. 3 miles wide.

History

Named "Puerto del Desengano", Spanish for "bay of disenchantment", by Captain Alessandro Malaspina in 1792 (Galiano, 1802), upon finding that the bay did not provide a hoped-for passage to the Atlantic. He sailed up the bay as far as Haenke Island, before discovering the passage blocked by ice. Also called "Bahia de las Bancas" by Captain Malaspina in reference to the ice (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 210).

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat D-5 (1959), Yakutat D-5 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat D-5 NE (2017),
Places Near Disenchantment Bay
Areas:

Hubbard Glacier Geological Area,

Bars:

New Reef,

Bays:

Disenchantment Bay,

Beaches:

Logan Beach,

Capes:

Point Latouche, Bancas Point, Blizhni Point, Marble Point, Puget Peninsula,

Cliffs:

Logan Bluffs,

Glaciers:

Alexander Glacier, Black Glacier, Galiano Glacier, Haenke Glacier, Hendrickson Glacier, Henry Glacier, Latouche Glacier, McCarty Glacier, Miller Glacier, Turner Glacier, Valerie Glacier,

Islands:

Haenke Island, Osier Island,

Mountains:

Mount Alexander, Amphitheater Knob, Gilbert Point, Mount Hendrickson, Mount Hoorts, Mount McCarty, Mount Rasmuson,

Rivers:

Grand Wash River,

Streams:

Aquadulce Creek, Calahonda Creek, Esker Stream, Indian Camp Creek,