Information About

Morzhovoi Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 1' 48" N,
163 ° 3' 33.998" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Morzhovoi Bay in Detail.

About

Located at southwest end of Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Range.

History

Transliteration of the Russian name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852 map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Za(liv) Morzhovoi," meaning "walrus bay." Baker (1906, p. 445) reports "Its Aleut name as Adamagan "