Information About

Kashega Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kashega Bay on The Map

Location

53 ° 28' 41.002" N,
167 ° 10' 21" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Kashega Bay in Detail.

About

Located southwest coast of Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands.

History

Russian name given and published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Zal(iv) Koshiginskoy," or "Koshigin Bay," in honor of Yefim Koshigin who spent the winter at Unalaska in 1763 (Baker, 1906, p. 351). According to R. H. Geoghegan, the name "Kashega" is from the Greenlandic word "qagshigit" meaning "men's clubhouses."

Topo Maps

Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska (1951), Unalaska A-4 (1989),
Places Near Kashega Bay
Cities:

Sedanka,

Bars:

Label Reef,

Bays:

Alimuda Bay, Buck Bight, Canyon Cove, Kashega Bay, Kismaliuk Bay, Kuliliak Bay, Lion Bight, McIver Bight, Pumicestone Bay, Riding Cove, Skan Bay,

Capes:

Buttress Point, Eagle Point, Kashega Point, Kof Point, Lance Point, Manning Point, Repetition Point, Sedanka Point, Skan Point, Spray Cape, Tower Point, Trava Point, Wedge Point, Williwaw Point,

Islands:

Buck Island, Dome Rock, Huddle Rocks, Lion Rock, Nest Rock, Perch Rock,

Mountains:

Mount Kimble,

Pillars:

Kashega Pinnacles,

Valleys:

East Bogoslof Canyon,

Cities:

Kashega,