Information About

The Basin

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 16' 30" N,
134 ° 55' 17" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Angoon

The Basin in Detail.

About

S part of Kelp Bay, on Baranof I., 21 mi. NE of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 1.5 miles wide.

History

Descriptive name given in 1895 by Lieutenant Commander Moore, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1901 Coast Pilot (p. 159).