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Natalia Bay

Natalia Bay

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extends NE off Sitkalidak Strait, on SW coast of Sitkalidak I., SE of Kodiak I.

History of Natalia Bay

Named in 1934 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "in honor of Madame Natalia Shelikov, wife of Captain Grigori Ivanovich Shelikov, and his companion in all his travels * * *. After Shelikov's death in 1795, Madame Natalia succeeded him as manager of the Russian American Company."