Information About

Zaikof Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 18' 25.999" N,
147 ° 0' 33.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Zaikof Bay in Detail.

About

at NE end of Montague I., trends NE to W side of Hinchinbrook Entrance, at S end of Prince William Sound, 40 mi. ENE of Chenega, Chugach Mts.

History

Name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 6), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), presumably after Stepan Kosmovich Zaikof, who was chief of the trading post St. Nicholas (Kenai) in the 18th century.