Information About

Hayward Strait

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 8' 44.002" N,
135 ° 32' 48.998" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Hayward Strait in Detail.

About

between Sitka Sound and Krestof Sound, 10 mi. NW of Sitka; Alex. Arch.

History

named in 1787 by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, for Samuel Hayward, his third mate, who was the first white man to pass through this Strait (Wagner, 1937, p. 391). feature into two parts calling the northern part "Sukoi Inlet" and the sourthern part "Hayward." in 1850 called it "Proliv Sukhoy," meaning "dry strait."

Places Near Hayward Strait
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Magoun Islands, Saint Lazaria Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows, Old Sitka Rocks,

Bars:

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

Bays:

Port Krestof, Port Mary, Cedar Cove, Crab Bay, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Gilmer Cove, Katlian Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Mielkoi Cove, Mud Bay, Nakwasina Bay, Nakwasina Sound, Pirate Cove, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Samsing Cove, Sealing Cove, Sinitsin Cove, Sitka Harbor, Sitka Sound, Starrigavan Bay, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, Whitestone Cove, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Brown, Allan Point, Cape Burunof, Creek Point, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Escape Cape, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Hayward 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, Scraggy Point, Shoals Point, Sukoi Point, Watson Point, Whitestone Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

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

Cities:

Sitka,

Dams:

Cascade Creek Dam,

Hills:

Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Bamdoroshni Island, Bare Island, Bart Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Belknap Islands, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Breast Island, Calming Island, Caution Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, The Eckholms, Entrance Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Goloi Island, Griffith Island, Guide Island, Gull Islet, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Highwater Island, Japonski Island, Kamennoi Island, Kane Islands, Kasiana Islands, Kayak Islands, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Korga Island, Krestof Island, Kruzof Island, Kulichkof Rock, Lava Island, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Long Island, Love Island, Low Island, Makhnati Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Middle Island, Mills Island, Mogilnoi Island, Nadezhda Islands, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Partofshikof Island, Passage Islands, Pritchard Rock, Rashimosti Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Sasedni Island, Scraggy Islands, Sheep Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Sinitsin Island, Smith Island, Sound Islands, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Turning Island, Ulinoi Island, Virublennoi Island, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Volga Island, Whale Island, Whitestone Rock, Zenobia Rock,

Lakes:

Swan Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Edgecumbe, Krestof Mountain, Shell Mountain,

Parks:

Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Western Anchorage,

Ridges:

Crater Ridge,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Fish Bay Creek, Freds Creek, Granite Creek, Kizhuchia Creek, Peterson Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Kruzof Island Trail, Mount Edgecumbe Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail,