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Salisbury Sound

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Location

57 ° 21' 38.002" N,
135 ° 46' 52" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Salisbury Sound in Detail.

About

Located between Kruzof and Chichagof Islands, 26 miles northwest of Sitka; Alexander Archipelago.

History

named in 1787 by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, "in honor of Bishop Salisbury" (Wagner, 1937, p. 407). "Puerto de los Remedios" meaning "Port of the Remedies," in 1775 by Francisco Antonio Maurelle; "Bay of Islands" on May 2, 1778, by Captain James Cook, RN (Wagner, p. 464); "Zund Klokacheva," or "Klokachev Sound," in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; and "Proliv Olgi," or "Olgi Strait," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

Topo Maps

Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka B-6 (1951), Sitka B-6 (1951), Sitka B-6 (1951), Sitka B-6 (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka B-6 (1996), Sitka B-6 SE (2017),

Places Near Salisbury Sound

Cities:

Archipelagos:

Magoun Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows, Sealion Rocks,

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Columbine Rock, E Francis Rock, Fortuna Reefs, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Morskoi Rock, Olga Rock, Sea Rock, Vincent Reef, Wayanda Ledge, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Port Mary, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Cuvacan Cove, Deep Bay, Falcon Arm, Flat Cove, Ford Arm, Gilmer Bay, Gilmer Cove, Goleta Cove, Haley Anchorage, Hidden Cove, Island Cove, Kalinin Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Mud Bay, Poison Cove, Rocky Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salisbury Sound, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sea Lion Bay, Sinitsin Cove, Slocum Arm, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Ushk Bay, Waterfall Cove,

Capes:

Point Marie, Point Mary, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Amelia, Point Brown, Point Kakul, Point Kruzof, Point Leo, Arthur Point, Cape Georgiana, Escape Cape, Fish Point, Fortuna Point, Haley Point, Hayward Point, Island Point, Kalinin Point, Khaz Peninsula, Klokachef Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Near Point, Partof Point, Pinta Head, Range Point, Round Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Point Slocum, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Twin Point, Ushk Point, Point Vincent, Zeal Point,

Channels:

Canoe Pass, Fortuna Strait, Kakul Narrows, Neva Strait, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, West Channel Hayward Strait,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bare Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Channel Island, Double Island, Eagle Rock, East Francis Rock, Entrance Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Haley Rocks, Highwater Island, Kane Islands, Klokachef Island, Krugloi Islands, Kruzof Island, Liesnoi Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Mills Island, Nadezhda Islands, Partofshikof Island, Piper Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Sealion Island, Sealion Islands, Sinitsin Island, Slaughter Island, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Leo, Lake Suloia, Lake Surprise, Waterfall Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Georgiana, Khaz Peak,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park, Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows,

Rapids:

Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Routes:

Kruzof Island Trail,