Quick Facts
Located on the east coast of Kenai Peninsula, trends northeast from Tiger Glacier to open out 8 km (5 mi) west of Chenega. Early descriptions of this bay state that it was composed of snow-ice, about thirty feet in height and at the water-cliff, and probably based on a low muddy beach; (USC&GS, 1869,p 141). The bay, as seen and described in the 18th and 19th centuries, seems to have been an indentation of the Malaspina Glacier front located near where the mouth of the Yahtse River Yahtse The present Icy Bay was uncovered by the retreat of the glacier since 1899. 12 miles long.
HistoryExplored by Joseph Whidbey (of Captain Vancouver's expedition) June 4, 1794, and named by Vancouver, but not shown on his chart (Wagner, 1937, p. 393). 1978 description revised.
Port Bainbridge, Aluklik Bay, Auk Bay, Eleshansky Cove, Em-urluq Bay, Ewan Bay, Gaamaak Cove, Hogg Bay, Humpback Cove, Icy Bay, Jackpot Bay, Nassau Fiord, Otter Cove, Puffin Cove, Seven Fathom Hole, Swanson Bay, Whale Bay,
Capes:Point Pyke, Point Waters, Amerk Point, Hogg Point, Jackpot Point, Swanson Point,
Channels:Bainbridge Passage, Prince of Wales Passage,
Glaciers:Bainbridge Glacier, Chenega Glacier, Princeton Glacier, Sargent Icefield, Tigertail Glacier, Ultramarine Glacier,
Islands:Bainbridge Island, Delenia Island, Jackpot Island, Procession Rocks, Verdant Island,
Lakes:Eshamy Lake, Ewan Lake, Jackpot Lakes,
Mountains:Claw Peak, Dual Head, Jackpot Peak, Saddle Peak,
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