Information About

Sturgeon River

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 32' 28" N,
154 ° 31' 36.001" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Akhiok

Sturgeon River in Detail.

About

heads at 572700N1541500W flows SW and NW to Shelikof Strait, 3.5 mi. SW of Karluk, on W coast of Kodiak I.

History

Translation by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888 of the Russian name "R(eka) Shipinskaya" published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

Topo Maps

Karluk (1951), Karluk C-2 (1952), Karluk C-2 (1952), Karluk C-2 (1952), Karluk (1952), Karluk (1952), Karluk (1952), Karluk (1952), Karluk (1952), Karluk (1952), Karluk C-2 (1954),

Places Near Sturgeon River

Bays:

Halibut Bay, Karluk Anchorage, Northeast Harbor, Tanglefoot Bay,

Capes:

Cape Grant, Cape Karluk, Cape Uyak,

Cliffs:

Sturgeon Head,

Dams:

Karluk Lagoon Dam, Old Karluk Dam,

Lakes:

Grant Lagoon, Karluk Lagoon,

Rivers:

Karluk River, Sturgeon River,

Cities:

Karluk,