Information About

Puale Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 43' 41.999" N,
155 ° 31' 57" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

King Salmon

Puale Bay in Detail.

About

on E coast of Alaska Peninsula, 37 mi. NW of Karluk; Aleutian Range

History

name published by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 276), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Pouale" and spelled without the "o" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1943. was called "Bukh(t) Studenaya" meaning "Cold Bay" by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. in 1847 "on account of the strong cold winds drawing through a deep ravine from Becharof Lake."