Information About

Agamgik Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

53 ° 52' 17" N,
166 ° 20' 35.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Agamgik Bay in Detail.

About

in Beaver Inlet, on NE coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands. 1 mile wide.

History

Aleut name reported by John Henry Fox in 1791 (See Wagner, 1937, p. 356), which, according to R. H. Geoghegan, is derived from agamaq and means hoarfrost. This feature was called Food Bay by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888.