Information About

Kisselen Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

53 ° 43' 0.001" N,
166 ° 33' 38.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Kisselen Bay in Detail.

About

part of Beaver Inler, on E coast of Unalaska I.; Aleutian Islands.

History

Aleut name reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Z(aliv) Kisselen," or "Kisselen Bay," and by Father Veniaminov (1840, v. 1, p. 162) as "Kissyalyak." "Worsham Bay" by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888.