Information About

Shearwater Bay

Shearwater Bay

Quick Facts

Region:

Kodiak Island

Nearest City:

Port Lions

About

off Kiliuda Bay, on SE coast of Kodiak I.

History of Shearwater Bay

Descriptive name given by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1904, "probably owing to the abundance of one or more of the many species of water-fowl to which the name i s applied." The name probably refers to the Slender-billed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris.

Found on the following Topo Maps

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Places Near Shearwater Bay

Cities:

Eagle Harbor, Kiliuda, Onihitsk,

Bars:

Barnabas Rock, Kiliuda Rock,

Bays:

Boulder Bay, Eagle Harbor, Hidden Basin, Kiliuda Bay, McDonald Lagoon, Saltery Cove, Santa Flavia Bay, Shearwater Bay, Ugak Bay,

Capes:

Bluff Point, Cape Barnabas, Coxcomb Point, Dangerous Cape, Ermine Point, Harbor Hat Point, Inner Right Cape, Lagoon Point, Left Cape, Observation Point, Outer Right Cape, Pillar Point, Pivot Point, Shearwater Point,

Islands:

Dusk Islands, Ghost Rocks, Ladder Island, Nest Island, Table Island,

Mountains:

Streams:

Pillar Creek, Saltery Creek, Wild Creek,