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Bailey Ledge

Bailey Ledge

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  • Aleutians West (CA)
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in Fox Islands., on N coast of Unalaska I. in Captains Bay, Aleutian Islands.

History of Bailey Ledge

Reef shown, but not named , on early charts, and later omitted. Rediscovered in 1872 by Sylvanus Bailey, for whom it was named, second mate of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) schooner Humboldt.