Information About

Port Banks

Port Banks

Quick Facts

Region:

Sitka

Nearest City:

Sitka

About

S part of Whale Bay, on SE coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. 0.7 mile wide.

History of Port Banks

Named on June 23, 1787, by Captain George Dixon for Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society (Wagner, 1937, p. 375). Capt Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) published the name "Z(aliv) Zakrytoy" meaning "closed bay, " for this feature.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander C-3 (1951), Port Alexander C-3 (1951), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander C-3 (1994), Port Alexander C-3 (1994), Port Alexander C-3 SW (2017),

Places Near Port Banks

Archipelagos:

Baranof Archipelago,

Basins:

Bays:

Port Banks, Byron Bay, Close Bay, Crawfish Inlet, Dorothy Cove, Great Arm, Great Arm Whale Bay, Jamboree Bay, Necker Bay, Rakovoi Bay, Sandy Bay, Secluded Bay, Small Arm, Snipe Bay, Still Harbor, Toy Harbor, Whale Bay, Yamani Cove,

Capes:

Point Lauder, Finger Point, Kekur Peninsula, Kekur Point, North Cape,

Channels:

Cedar Pass, Walker Channel,

Hills:

Islands:

First Kekur, Guibert Islets, Kakovo Island, Krishka Island, Makhnati Islands, Second Kekur, Third Kekur, Tikhaia Islands, Yamani Islets,

Lakes:

Antipatr Lake, Avoss Lake, Baturin Lake, Benzeman Lake, Davidof Lake, Khvostof Lake, Maksoutof Lake, Plotnikof Lake, Politofski Lake, Rezanof Lake, Tumakof Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Emma, Mount Hagemeister, Mount Rudakof, Mount Stoeckel, Mount Yanovski,

Rivers:

Maksoutof River,

Routes:

Davidof Lake Trail,