Information About

Shelter Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Shelter Bay on The Map

Location

60 ° 7' 57" N,
147 ° 57' 6.998" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Shelter Bay in Detail.

About

extends to Knight Island Passage, 12 mi. SE of Chenega, Chugach Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1908 by U.S. Grant and D.F. Higgins (in Brooks and others, 1909, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward A-3 (2000),
Places Near Shelter Bay
Cities:

Girwood, Horseshoe Bay, Phoenix, Port Benney, Port Crawford,

Archipelagos:

Pleiades Islands,

Bars:

Bishop Rock, Iktua Rocks, Point of Rocks,

Basins:

Glory Hole,

Bays:

Port Audrey, Aluklik Bay, Barnes Cove, Cathead Bay, Chenega Cove, Copper Bay, Crab Bay, Deer Cove, Drier Bay, Fault Cove, Fox Farm Bay, Guguak Bay, Hogan Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Iktua Bay, Italian Bay, Johnson Bay, Johnson Cove, Kake Cove, Little Bay, Lucky Bay, Mallard Bay, Montgomery Bay, Mummy Bay, Northeast Arm, Northeast Arm Mummy Bay, Otter Cove, Sawmill Bay, Shelter Bay, Sleepy Bay, Squirrel Bay, Thumb Bay, Wilson Bay,

Capes:

Point Countess, Point Grace, Point Helen, Amerk Point, Bainbridge Point, Cat Head, Chenega Point, Clump Point, Evans Point, Jackpot Point, Mallard Head, Mountain Point, Panhat Point, Powder Point, Rocky Point, Squire Point,

Channels:

Bainbridge Passage, Elrington Passage, Knight Island Passage, Latouche Passage, Long Channel, Montague Strait, Prince of Wales Passage,

Dams:

Aquaculture Dam, Crab Bay Dam Number 3, Sandra Lake Dam,

Islands:

Bainbridge Island, Bettles Island, Chase Island, Chenega Island, Chicken Island, Clam Islands, Danger Island, Delenia Island, Elrington Island, Evans Island, Flemming Island, Gage Island, Izmaylov Island, Latouche Island, Mummy Island, New Year Island, New Year Islands, Pass Island, Range Island, Rocky Island, Ship Island, Sister Rock, Squire Island, Squirrel Island,

Lakes:

Lake Hayden, Fish Lake, Jaybird Lake, Lake Putnam, San Juan Lake, Snowy Lake,

Mine:

Beatson Mine, Blackbird Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Beatson, Broon Buttes, Gibbon Peak, Horn Mountain, Latouche Peak, Reynolds Peak,

Parks:

Horseshoe Bay State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Wilson River,

Streams:

Frenchy Creek,

Cities:

Chenega, Chenega Bay, Latouche, Oceanic, Port Ashton, Port San Juan,