History of Bechevin Bay

Named "Betchevinskoi" by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 296), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for the merchant, Bechevin, of Irkutsk, Siberia, who "dispatched in 1760 the largest vessel hitherto sent to the Aleutian Islands * * *," the Gavril (Bancroft, 1886, p. 122). The Russian Hydrographic Dept. included this feature in its application of the name "Pr(oliv) Isannakhskiy" (Isanotski Strait) published in 1847 on Chart 1379. In 1882 the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) published the name "Bitchevinskoi".

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Bechevin Bay

Bechevin Bay, Big Lagoon, Hook Bay, Hotsprings Bay, Ikatan Bay, Middle Lagoon, Protassof Bay, Saint Catherine Cove, Sankin Bay, Traders Cove,

Boulder Point, Cape Krenitzin, Chunak Point, Ikatan Point, Kabuch Point, Nichols Point, Rocky Point, Traders Head, Whirl Point,

Isanotski Strait,

False Pass,

Palisade Cliffs, Stonewall, Traders Head,

False Pass Dam,

Bird Rock, Isanotski Islands, Island Rock, Sankin Island,

Lake Gilbert, Little Lagoon,

Sentinal Peak, Traders Mountain,

Lansberg Creek,

Morzhovoi,