Nakat Bay

Nakat Bay

Nakat Bay is a bay in Southeast Alaska, U.S.A. The bay extends northeast 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Cape Fox.[1] It was charted in 1793 by George Vancouver.[2] The bay's name comes from a Tlingit name published in 1853 on a Russian Hydrographic Department chart as "Bukh(ta) Nakat" (English: Nakat Bay).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nakat Bay
  2. ^ Vancouver, George, and John Vancouver (1801). A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world. London: J. Stockdale. http://books.google.com/books?id=qwol8bPaYxsC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. 

Coordinates: 54°46′59″N 130°46′22″W / 54.78306°N 130.77278°W / 54.78306; -130.77278



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