Information About

Gulf of Esquibel

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Gulf of Esquibel on The Map

Location

55 ° 36' 37.001" N,
133 ° 30' 32" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Klawock

Gulf of Esquibel in Detail.

About

between Prince of Wales I. and Maurelle Is., Alex. Arch. 15 miles long.

History

Named "Bahia de Esquibel" or "Esquibel Bay" by Francisco Antonio Maurelle "about May 22, 1779, in honor or Mariano Nunez de Esquivel, the surgeon of the ship La Favorita" (Wagner, 1937, p. 386).

Places Near Gulf of Esquibel
Cities:

Karheen,

Archipelagos:

Arrecife Islands, Blanquizal Islands, Dome Islets, Ham Islands, Harmony Islands, Maurelle Islands,

Areas:

Twin Rocks,

Bars:

Beta Rock, Curacao Reef, Desconocida Reef, Kabanof Rocks, Larzatita Island Reef, Moke Rock, Peep Rock, Rana Reef, Saint Ignace Rock, San Christoval Rock, Slide Reef, Sucia Ledge,

Bays:

Port Alice, Aguirre Bay, Anguilla Bay, Cone Bay, Garcia Cove, Gulf of Esquibel, Indian Garden Bay, Karheen Cove, Kelly Cove, Lagoma Bay, Nagasay Cove, Nossuk Bay, Salt Lake Bay, Siketi Sound, Squam Bay, Steamboat Bay, Tonowek Bay, Ulitka Bay, Warm Chuck Inlet,

Capes:

Point Marabilla, Point Polocano, Point Saint Isidor, Point Saint Thomas, Point Caponeta, Point San Francisco, Point San Leonardo, Point San Pasqual, Point Santa Gertrudis, Point Santa Lucia, Point Santa Rosa, Point Santa Rosalia, Point Santa Theresa, Point Swift, Point Aguirre, Point Amargura, Point Animas, Point Cuerbo, Point Delgada, Point Desconocida, Point Espada, Point Garcia, Point Gorda, Point Incarnation, Arrecife Point, Arrecite Point, Bay Point, Blanquizal Point, Bobs Point, Canal Point, Cape Cambon, Cape Lynch, Dead Tree Point, Diamond Point, Palisade Point, Punta Maria Antonia, Punta Noriega, Reef Point, Saint Nicholas Point, Siketi Point, Silvester Point, Snail Point, Steamboat Point, Sword Point, Triste Point,

Channels:

Arriaga Passage, Bocas De Finas, Cruz Pass, Karheen Passage, Launch Passage, Paloma Pass, Port Real Marina, Portillo Channel, Saint Nicholas Channel, San Christoval Channel, Sonora Passage, Tonowek Narrows, Ursua Channel,

Cliffs:

Derrumba Ridge, Tonowek Ridge, White Cliff,

Hills:

Isidor Hill,

Islands:

Abrejo Rocks, Alargate Rocks, Anguilla Island, Animas Island, Arboles Island, Bibora Island, Bushtop Island, Camp Island, Caracol Island, Chapin Island, Cob Island, Cone Island, Coposo Island, Cruz Islands, Culebra Islands, East San Lorenzo Island, Emerald Island, Epsilon Rock, Escurial Island, Esquibel Island, Favorita Island, Feather Rock, Flotilla Island, Garcia Island, Garden Island, Garita Rock, Gaviota Islets, Gaviota Rock, Hacha Island, Heceta Island, Hendida Island, Hermagos Islands, Hermanos Islands, Isleta, Kubanof Rock, Lambda Rock, Larzatita Island, Lulu Island, Marabilla Island, Muerta Island, Noyes Island, Palisade Island, Pesquera Island, Phillips Rock, Piedras Island, Pigeon Island, Pine Island, Point Swift Rock, Point Swift Rock, Princesa Island, Quitasueno Rock, Raso Rock, Rosary Island, Saint Ignace Island, Saint Joseph Island, Saint Philip Island, San Clemente Island, San Fernando Island, San Francisco Island, San Lorenzo Islands, Santa Lucia Island, Santa Rita Island, Shaft Rock, Sola Rock, Sonora Island, Tonina Island, Toza Island, Trasera Island, Trim Island, Triste Island, Tuft Rock, Turtle Island, Twin Islands, Twocrack Island, West San Lorenzo Island, Wood Islands,

Lakes:

Butterball Lake, Chuck Lake, Crooked Lake, Hook Lake, Island Lake, Jay Lake, Karheen Lakes, Marsh Lake, Mink Lake, Mint Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Cone Peak, Noyes Peak, Timber Knob,

Streams:

Chuck Creek, East Fork Tonowek Creek, Karheen Creek, Marsh Creek, Mink Creek, Tonowek Creek,

Cities:

Port Alice,