- Spafarief Bay
Spafarief Bay is a bay in the
Kotzebue Sound , on theChukchi Sea -facing coast ofAlaska . Its size is 15 mi. across. There is a lagoon at its southern end.The Spafarief Bay is located on the northern coast of the
Seward Peninsula , 10 mi. north of the mining town of Candle; Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. coord|66|05|N|161|50|W|region:US.Spafarief Bay was named in 1816 by Lt.
Otto von Kotzebue , of theImperial Russian Navy after Russian Major General knightLeontiy Spafaryev (1765-1847), Director of the Russian Lighthouse Administration and cartographer of theRussian Admiralty . [ [http://www.vobam.se/spafarieff.htm L. Spafarieff or Spafariev] ]The
Inuit name of this bay has not been reported.References
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=108:3:15845223094965297813::NO::P3_FID:1414039 Description and location]
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