Information About

Shearwater Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Shearwater Bay on The Map

Location

57 ° 20' 11" N,
152 ° 53' 58.999" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Port Lions

Shearwater Bay in Detail.

About

off Kiliuda Bay, on SE coast of Kodiak I.

History

Descriptive name given by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1904, "probably owing to the abundance of one or more of the many species of water-fowl to which the name i s applied." The name probably refers to the Slender-billed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris.