Information About

Necker Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 43' 26" N,
135 ° 5' 28" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Necker Bay in Detail.

About

on W coast of Baranof I., 35 mi. NW of Port Alexander, Alex. Arch.

History

Originally named "Port Necker" in 1786 by La Perouse in honor of Jacques Necker, French minister of finance; published in 1850 by Russian American Company as "Kamenistaya Bukhta," meaning "rocky bay."

Topo Maps

Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander C-4 (1951), Port Alexander C-4 (1951), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander C-4 (1994), Port Alexander C-4 (1994), Port Alexander C-4 NE (2017),

Places Near Necker Bay

Cities:

The Redoubt,

Archipelagos:

Baranof Archipelago, Rakof Islands,

Basins:

Kritoi Basin,

Bays:

Port Banks, Close Bay, Crawfish Inlet, Dorothy Cove, Great Arm, Great Arm Whale Bay, Jamboree Bay, Necker Bay, President Bay, Rakovoi Bay, Scow Bay, Secluded Bay, Sevenfathom Bay, Shamrock Bay, Small Arm, Still Harbor, Toy Harbor, West Crawfish Inlet, Whale Bay, Yamani Cove,

Capes:

Point Lauder, Aspid Cape, Finger Point, North Cape,

Channels:

Cameron Pass, Cedar Pass, First Narrows, Middle Channel, Second Narrows, Walker Channel,

Islands:

Beauchamp Island, Guibert Islets, Kakovo Island, Krishka Island, Lodge Island, Makhnati Islands, Scow Island, Slate Islets, Tikhaia Islands, Yamani Islets,

Lakes:

Avoss Lake, Benzeman Lake, Lake Diana, Lake Ekaterina, Lake Irina, Khvostof Lake, Luna Lake, Plotnikof Lake, Politofski Lake, Redoubt Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Dranishnikof, Mount Emma, Mount Hagemeister, Mount Sharp,

Mountain Ranges:

The Pyramids,

Rivers:

Dranishnikov River,