Information About

Hooper Bay

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Location

61 ° 29' 30.998" N,
165 ° 55' 59.999" W

Region

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City

Chevak

Hooper Bay in Detail.

About

on coast of Bering Sea, 22 mi. S of village of Scammon Bay, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. 11 miles wide.

History

Named by Nelson (1882, v. 4, p. 666), U.S. Signal Service, in December 1878, for Captain Calvin Leighton Hooper, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), who did extensive investigations in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. The Eskimo name for this bay is "Kan-ir-thluk" according to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1951.

Topo Maps

Hooper Bay (1951), Hooper Bay B-3 (1952), Hooper Bay B-3 (1952), Hooper Bay B-3 (1952), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953),

Places Near Hooper Bay

Cities:

Igiak,

Bays:

Hooper Bay, Kokechik Bay,

Capes:

Nuok Spit, Punoarat Point,

Hills:

Kikuktok Mountain,

Rivers:

Keoklevik River, Kokechik River, Kolomak River, Lithkealik River, Ninglikfak River,

Streams:

Issortulik Slough, Napareayak Slough, Painorouyun Slough,

Cities:

Hooper Bay,