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Starrigavan Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 8' 2" N,
135 ° 22' 27.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Starrigavan Bay in Detail.

About

on W coast of Baranof I., 5.5 mi. N of Sitka; Alex. Arch.

History

Russian name, "Starri-gavan," meaning "old harbor," reported in 1809 by Ivan Vasiliev the first. the first Russian settlement in this area was founded in 1799. After the fort's destruction in 1802, and the construction of a new settlement at Sitka, this bay acquired its present name.

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

White-winged Scoter, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Least Sandpiper, Mallard, Greater White-fronted Goose, Surf Scoter, Greater Scaup, Trumpeter Swan, Violet-green Swallow, Canada Goose, Savannah Sparrow, Wilson's Warbler, Short-billed Dowitcher, Cedar Waxwing, American Wigeon, Black Turnstone, Marbled Murrelet, Pacific Loon, Yellow Warbler, Tundra Swan, Gadwall, Rufous Hummingbird, Black-bellied Plover, Marbled Godwit, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Caspian tern, Sooty Shearwater, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Lapland Longspur, Lincoln's Sparrow, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Vaux's Swift, Black Oystercatcher, Semipalmated Plover, Rock Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Black-legged Kittiwake, Western Screech-Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Common Raven, American Dipper, American Robin, White-winged Crossbill, White-crowned Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Snow Goose, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Eurasian Collared Dove, Anna's Hummingbird, Sandhill Crane, Sanderling, Dunlin, Long-billed Dowitcher, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Arctic Tern, Common Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Pygmy-owl, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Western Wood-Pewee, Northern Shrike, Steller's Jay, Black-billed Magpie, Barn Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pacific Wren, Common Starling, Varied Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Pine Grosbeak, Fox Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Rock Pigeon

Places Near Starrigavan Bay
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Gillmore Islands, Kutchuma Islands, Magoun Islands, Taigud Islands,

Areas:

Old Sitka Rocks, Sawmill Creek Recreational Area,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Columbine Rock, Ferebee Rock, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Rocky Patch, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Tsaritsa Rock, Usher Rock, Vasilief Bank, Wyvill Reef,

Basins:

Billy Basin,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Aleutkina Bay, Birdsnest Bay, Camp Coogan Bay, Cedar Cove, Crab Bay, Crescent Bay, Deep Inlet, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Herring Cove, Jamestown Bay, Katlian Bay, Krestof Sound, Leesoffskaia Bay, Mielkoi Cove, Nakwasina Bay, Nakwasina Sound, No Thorofare Bay, Pirate Cove, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Samsing Cove, Sandy Cove, Sawmill Cove, Sealing Cove, Silver Bay, Sitka Harbor, Sitka Sound, Starrigavan Bay, Thimbleberry Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, Whitestone Cove, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Brown, Allan Point, Cape Burunof, Creek Point, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Entry Point, Escape Cape, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Inner Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Mountain Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Povorotni Point, Rob Point, Silver Point, Watson Point, Whitestone Point,

Channels:

East Channel Hayward Strait, Eastern Channel, Hayward Strait, Middle Channel, Nakwasina Passage, Olga Strait, West Channel Hayward Strait, Western Channel, Whitestone Narrows,

Cities:

Sitka,

Dams:

Blue Lake Dam, Cascade Creek Dam, Indian River Dam, Sheldon Jackson College Dam,

Fictional Places:

Port Anna,

Hills:

Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Ball Islets, Bamdoroshni Island, Bart Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Belknap Islands, Berry Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Boidarkin Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Breast Island, Calming Island, Cannon Island, Caution Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Cobb Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, Dove Island, The Eckholms, Emgeten Island, Error Island, Fassett Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Galankin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Griffith Island, Guertin Island, Guide Island, Gull Islet, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Harris Island, Japonski Island, Kamennoi Island, Kasiana Islands, Katz Island, Kayak Islands, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Korga Island, Krestof Island, Kulichkof Rock, Kutkan Island, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Long Island, Love Island, Luce Island, Makhnati Island, Marshall Island, Martin Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Middle Island, Mills Island, Minett Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Passage Islands, Pritchard Rock, Rashimosti Island, Ring Island, Road Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Sasedni Island, Sheep Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sound Islands, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Taigud Island, Turning Island, The Twins, Ulinoi Island, Virublennoi Island, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Volga Island, Whale Island, Whitestone Rock, Zenobia Rock,

Lakes:

Beaver Lake, Cold Storage Lake, Heart Lake, Swan Lake, Thimbleberry Lake,

Mountains:

Annahootz Mountain, Arrowhead Peak, Bear Mountain, Clarence Kramer Peak, Cross Mountain, Eureka Mountain, Harbor Peak, Mount Katlian, Mount Kinkaid, Krestof Mountain, Mount Longenbaugh, Mount Rosenberg, Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Verstovia,

Parks:

Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Ellsworth Cut, Western Anchorage,

Mountain Ranges:

The Pyramids, The Sisters,

Ridges:

Gavan Hill,

Rivers:

Coxe River, Indian River, Katlian River,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Granite Creek, Kizhuchia Creek, Peterson Creek, Sawmill Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Mount Verstovia Trail, Gavan Hill Trail, Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Herring Cove Trail, Indian River Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail, Starrigavan Fish Viewing Trail,