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Nakwasina Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 15' 0" N,
135 ° 20' 30.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

102 ft (31.09 m)

Nakwasina Bay in Detail.

About

at head of Nakwasina Sound, on Baranof I., 13 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Local name reported in 1929 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS). Name is derived from Nakwasina Sound.

Places Near Nakwasina Bay
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Gillmore Islands,

Areas:

Old Sitka Rocks, Sawmill Creek Recreational Area,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Ferebee Rock, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Makhnati Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Paradise Flats, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Usher Rock,

Basins:

Billy Basin,

Bays:

Baby Bear Bay, Cedar Cove, Crescent Bay, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Herring Cove, Jamestown Bay, Katlian Bay, Nakwasina Bay, Nakwasina Sound, Promisla Bay, Saook Bay, Sawmill Cove, Sealing Cove, Sitka Harbor, Starrigavan Bay, Thimbleberry Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Whitestone Cove, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Kennedy, Allan Point, Creek Point, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Entry Point, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Rapids Point, Rob Point, Saook Point, Watson Point, Whitestone Point, Yellow Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, East Channel Hayward Strait, Hayward Strait, Middle Channel, Nakwasina Passage, Olga Strait, Rose Channel, Western Channel,

Cities:

Sitka,

Dams:

Blue Lake Dam, Cascade Creek Dam, Indian River Dam, Sheldon Jackson College Dam,

Fictional Places:

Port Anna,

Hills:

Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Ball Islets, Bart Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Big Rose Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Breast Island, Cannon Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Dove Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Griffith Island, Guertin Island, Guide Island, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Harris Island, Japonski Island, Kasiana Islands, Kirushkin Island, Krestof Island, Kutkan Island, Lauf Islands, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Little Rose Island, Love Island, Makhnati Island, Middle Island, Minett Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Parker Group, Rashimosti Island, Ring Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Sasedni Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sound Islands, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Turning Island, The Twins, Virublennoi Island, Volga Island,

Lakes:

Bear Lake, Beaver Lake, Cold Storage Lake, Heart Lake, Swan Lake, Thimbleberry Lake,

Mountains:

Annahootz Mountain, Arrowhead Peak, Bear Mountain, Clarence Kramer Peak, Cross Mountain, Harbor Peak, Mount Katlian, Krestof Mountain, Mount Rosenberg, Mount Verstovia,

Mountain Passes:

Ellsworth Cut, Western Anchorage,

Mountain Ranges:

The Sisters,

Rapids:

North Rapid,

Ridges:

Gavan Hill,

Rivers:

Coxe River, Indian River, Katlian River,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Fish Bay Creek, Granite Creek, Peterson Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek, Sawmill Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Mount Verstovia Trail, Gavan Hill Trail, Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Herring Cove Trail, Indian River Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail, Starrigavan Fish Viewing Trail,