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Boxer Bay

Boxer Bay

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5.5 mi SE of Bunnell Cape at the mouth of Boxer River, W portion of the S coast of Saint Lawrence Island, its SE limit is formed by the Mountainous Iwoonut Point. 1.5 miles long.

History of Boxer Bay

So named in 1926 by Geist (1936, p. 26), University of Alaska, for the U.S.M.S. Boxer, because the ship took shelter here during a storm.