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Pybus Bay

Pybus Bay

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  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
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on E coast of Admiralty I., 5 mi. W of The Brothers and 53 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History of Pybus Bay

Named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 143). The name was derived from Point Pybus, which marks the northeast entrance to the bay.