Information About

Promisla Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 9' 14" N,
135 ° 30' 46.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Promisla Bay in Detail.

About

on S coast of Krestof I., 9.5 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.7 mile wide.

History

Russian name meaning Providence, given in 1833 by the navigator Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. chart 1397 as Zal(iv) Promysla (from Bozhiy Promysl).

Places Near Promisla Bay
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Gillmore Islands, Kutchuma Islands, Magoun Islands, Saint Lazaria Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows, Old Sitka Rocks,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Columbine Rock, Ferebee Rock, Harbor Rock, Kakul Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Rocky Patch, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Tsaritsa Rock, Usher Rock, Vasilief Bank, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Aleutkina Bay, Cedar Cove, Crab Bay, Crescent Bay, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Gilmer Cove, Katlian Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Louise Cove, Mielkoi Cove, Mud Bay, Nakwasina Bay, Nakwasina Sound, Pirate Cove, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Samsing Cove, Sandy Cove, Sealing Cove, Sitka Harbor, Sitka Sound, Starrigavan Bay, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, Whitestone Cove, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Brown, Point Kakul, Allan Point, Cape Burunof, Creek Point, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Escape Cape, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Hayward Point, Inner Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Mountain Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Povorotni Point, Rob Point, Scraggy Point, Shoals Point, Silver Point, Sukoi Point, Watson Point, Whitestone Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

East Channel Hayward Strait, Eastern Channel, Hayward Strait, Middle Channel, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Olga Strait, West Channel Hayward Strait, Western Channel, Whitestone Narrows,

Cities:

Sitka,

Dams:

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

Fictional Places:

Port Anna,

Hills:

Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Ball Islets, Bamdoroshni Island, Bare Island, Bart Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Belknap Islands, Berry Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Boidarkin Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Breast Island, Calming Island, Cannon Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, The Eckholms, Emgeten Island, Entrance Island, Error Island, Fassett Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Galankin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Goloi Island, Griffith Island, Guide Island, Gull Islet, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Highwater Island, Japonski Island, Kamennoi Island, Kane Islands, Kasiana Islands, Katz Island, Kayak Islands, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Krestof Island, Krugloi Islands, Kruzof Island, Kulichkof Rock, Kutkan Island, Lava Island, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Long Island, Love Island, Low Island, Luce Island, Makhnati Island, Martin Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Middle Island, Mills Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Nadezhda Islands, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Partofshikof Island, Passage Islands, Pritchard Rock, Rashimosti Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Round Island, Sasedni Island, Scraggy Islands, Sheep Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sound Islands, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Turning Island, The Twins, Virublennoi Island, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Volga Island, Whale Island, Whitestone Rock, Zenobia Rock,

Lakes:

Swan Lake,

Mountains:

Annahootz Mountain, Harbor Peak, Mount Kinkaid, Krestof Mountain, Mount Rosenberg, Shell Mountain,

Parks:

Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Western Anchorage,

Ridges:

Crater Ridge, Gavan Hill,

Rivers:

Indian River,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Fish Bay Creek, Freds Creek, Granite Creek, Peterson Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Gavan Hill Trail, Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Kruzof Island Trail, Mount Edgecumbe Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail, Starrigavan Fish Viewing Trail,