Information About

Rurik Harbor

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Rurik Harbor on The Map

Location

59 ° 34' 40.001" N,
139 ° 46' 50.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Rurik Harbor in Detail.

About

on S end of Khantaak I., 1 mi. N of Point Turner and 2.2 mi. NW of Yakutat; Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

named by Khromchenko, who surveyed the area in 1823, after a ship (brig) belonging to the Russian-American Co. originally applied to the combined water area of what is now Rurik Harbor and Port Mulgrave. the northernmost of the two bays.

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 (1996), Yakutat C-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Rurik Harbor
Cities:

Situk Village,

Areas:

Kwik Delta,

Bars:

Gilbert Spit, Prince Shoal, Tick Shoal, Tzuse Shoal, Village Shoal,

Bays:

The Lagoon, Port Mulgrave, Ahduck Bay, Black Duck Bay, Broken Oar Cove, Deep Bay, Gonakadetseat Bay, Graveyard Cove, Humpback Cove, Monti Bay, Puget Cove, Redfield Cove, Rurik Harbor, Sawmill Cove, Sea Otter Bay, Shipyard Cove, Yakutat Bay,

Beaches:

Khantaak Beach,

Capes:

Point Munoz, Point Turner, Point Carrew, Ankau Head, Arrecifes Point, Hatchet Point, Kooisk Point, Northeast Point, Ocean Cape, Phipps Cape, Phipps Peninsula, Pyramid Point,

Channels:

The Ankau, Canoe Pass, Hatchet Pass, Johnstone Passage, Yakutat Roads,

Cities:

Yakutat,

Islands:

Canoe Island, Doggie Island, Dolgoi Island, Fitzgerald Island, Gregson Island, Khantaak Island, Kriwoi Island, Krutoi Island, Otmeloi Island,

Lakes:

Aka Lake, Aka Lake, Ankau Saltchucks, Kardy Lake, Laguna de la Frezas, Rocky Lake, Summit Lake, Summit Lakes,

Rivers:

Lost River,

Streams:

Humpback Creek, Kame Stream, Onklat Creek, Ophir Creek, Sudden Stream, T-awat Creek, Tawah Creek,