Information About

Chenega

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 3' 58.936" N,
148 ° 0' 44.593" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Elevation

79 ft (24.08 m)

Chenega in Detail.

About

On Kenai Peninsula, on S tip of Chenega Island, at head of Chenega Cove, 42 mi. SE of Whittier, Chugach Mountains.

History

Name of an Indian village reported by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 census (1884, p.28). A post office was established here in 1946 (Ricks, 1965, p.10) but was discontinued when the village was destroyed by the 1964 Alaska earthquake and abandoned. In subsequent years, the community relocated to Crab Bay on Evans Island; the community of Crab Bay was renamed to Chenega Bay by the BGN in 1998.

Places Near Chenega
Cities:

Girwood, Horseshoe Bay, Phoenix, Port Benney, Port Crawford,

Archipelagos:

Pleiades Islands,

Bars:

Bishop Rock, Iktua Rocks, Point of Rocks,

Basins:

Glory Hole,

Bays:

Aluklik Bay, Chenega Cove, Copper Bay, Crab Bay, Deer Cove, Eleshansky Cove, Fox Farm Bay, Guguak Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Iktua Bay, Italian Bay, Johnson Cove, Kake Cove, Little Bay, Lucky Bay, Montgomery Bay, Mummy Bay, North Twin Bay, Otter Cove, Sawmill Bay, Shelter Bay, Sleepy Bay, South Twin Bay, Squirrel Bay, Thumb Bay, Whale Bay, Wilson Bay,

Capes:

Point Woodcock, Point Countess, Point Grace, Point Bryant, Amerk Point, Bainbridge Point, Chenega Point, Evans Point, Lonetree Point, Panhat Point, Powder Point, Squire Point,

Channels:

Bainbridge Passage, Elrington Passage, Knight Island Passage, Latouche Passage, Long Channel, Prince of Wales Passage,

Dams:

Aquaculture Dam, Crab Bay Dam Number 3, Sandra Lake Dam,

Islands:

Bainbridge Island, Bettles Island, Chicken Island, Danger Island, Elrington Island, Evans Island, Flemming Island, Gage Island, Izmaylov Island, Latouche Island, Ship Island, Sister Rock, Squire Island, Verdant Island,

Lakes:

Lake Hayden, Fish Lake, Jaybird Lake, Lake Putnam, San Juan Lake, Snowy Lake,

Mine:

Beatson Mine, Blackbird Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Beatson, Broon Buttes, Dual Head, Gibbon Peak, Latouche Peak, Reynolds Peak,

Parks:

Horseshoe Bay State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Wilson River,

Streams:

Frenchy Creek,

Cities:

Chenega, Chenega Bay, Latouche, Oceanic, Port Ashton, Port San Juan,