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Captains Bay

Captains Bay

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southern arm of Unalaska Bay on NE coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands. 1.5 miles wide.

History of Captains Bay

Translation of the name given by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14, dated 1792), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Kapitanskaya Gavan" meaning "Captain Harbor" in honor of Captain Lieutenant Michael Levashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who spent the winter at the head of this bay (Port Levashev) during 1768-69 (Coxe, 1787, p. 209-210).