Information About

Kuiukta Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 5' 53.002" N,
158 ° 37' 19.999" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

Chignik

Kuiukta Bay in Detail.

About

on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, 24 mi. SW of Chignik; Aleutian Range. 5 miles wide.

History

Aleut name published as "Z(aliv) Kuiukta," or "Kuiukta Bay," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24) and as "Kuiukta Bay (Dorai Bay)" in U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Alaska Coast Pilot (1947, V. 2, p. 291).