Information About

Tanaga Bay

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Location

51 ° 44' 21.998" N,
178 ° 2' 28" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Tanaga Bay in Detail.

About

on W coast of Tanaga I., Aleutian Islands.

History

Aleut name published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 13), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Tanaga B(ukhta)" or "Tanaga Bay." The name "Zal(iv) Slav(a) Rossii" translated as "Glory of Russian Bay" was used by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), after the ship Glory of Russia under the command of Commodore Joseph Billings, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), 1790-92. Subsequent U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) and U.S. Navy charts also shown "Glory of Russia Bay."

Topo Maps

Gareloi Island (1951), Gareloi Island (1951), Gareloi Island (1951), Gareloi Island (1951), Gareloi Island (1954), Gareloi Island (1954), Gareloi Island (1954), Gareloi Island (1954), Gareloi Island (1954), Gareloi Island (1954),

Places Near Tanaga Bay

Cities:

Bars:

Amidgis, Herd Rock, Inferno Reef, Middle Ledge, Wash Reef,

Bays:

Cable Bay, Eureka Bight, Gusty Bay, Lash Bay, Qatxagis, Rough Bay, South Bay, Southeast Bight, Tanaga Bay, Twin Bays, Twin Bays,

Beaches:

Taamuyas Tugimaga,

Capes:

Blackface Point, Bumpy Point, Cape Agamsik, Cape Amagalik, Cape Sajaka, Cape Sasmik, Christmas Tree Point, Falls Point, Fan Point, Fortress Point, Gage Point, Hazard Point, Kulak Point, Tangent Point,

Glaciers:

Westernmost Glacier ,

Islands:

Harem Rock, Middle Ledge, Pillbox Rock, Scarab Rock, Tanaga Island, Tidgituk Island, Whip Island,

Lakes:

Figure Eight Lake,

Mountains:

Tanaga Volcano, Tanaxagiigamax,