Information About

Seal Rocks

Seal Rocks

Quick Facts

Region:

Gulf of Alaska

Nearest City:

Valdez

Parent:

Gulf of Alaska

About

at S end of Hinchinbrook Entrance, 8 mi. SW of Hinchinbrook I. and 45 mi. SW of Cordova; Chugach Mts.

History of Seal Rocks

name published in 1869 Coast Pilot (p. 155). shown in 1788 as part of the "Rose Island" of Captain John Meares, Royal Navy (RN). 1788 by Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle. published as "Kamen Siuchiy," meaning "Sealion Rocks," in 1847 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1951), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1951), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1953), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1988),

Places Near Seal Rocks

Cities:

Bars:

Bays:

Constantine Harbor, English Bay, Zaikof Bay,

Capes:

Point Barber, Bear Cape, Bear Cape, Cape Hinchinbrook, Middle Point, Zaikof Point,

Channels:

Hinchinbrook Entrance,

Islands:

Porpoise Rocks, Bocharov Island, Schooner Rock,

Mountains:

Montague Peak, Signal Mountain,

Parks:

Hinchinbrook Lighthouse Reserve,

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Black-legged Kittiwake, White-winged Scoter, Arctic Tern, Common Murre, Surf Scoter, Glaucous-winged Gull, Brandt's Cormorant, Leach's Storm-petrel, Marbled Murrelet, Pigeon Guillemot, Tufted Puffin, Sooty Shearwater, Black Scoter, Parakeet Auklet, Horned Puffin, Common Gull, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Pelagic Cormorant, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Black Oystercatcher, Ancient Murrelet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Sabine's Gull, Herring Gull, White-winged Crossbill, Rock Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Black-footed Albatross, Red-faced Cormorant, Bald Eagle