Information About

Katmai

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 2' 2" N,
154 ° 52' 36.998" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Newhalen

Elevation

125 ft (38.1 m)

Katmai in Detail.

About

site of a village near Katmai Bay, on S ocast of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument 16 mi. S of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range

History

This once important Eskimo village was reported by von Krusenstern (1827, map 17), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Katmay." The 10th Census in 1880 lists a population of 218; 11th Census in 1890 lists 132. Katmai was abondoned following the 1912 eruption of Mount Katmai and the people were resettled in Perryville, near Mitrofania Bay.