Information About

Spasski Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Spasski Bay on The Map

Location

58 ° 6' 37.001" N,
135 ° 19' 50.002" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Hoonah

Spasski Bay in Detail.

About

on N coast of Chicagof I., 4 mi. E of Hoonah and 35 mi. SW of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Russian name published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 5), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "Spaskaya Gavan" or literally "harbor of the church of our Savior," although the name in this case, may commemorate Gregori Spasskaya, Russian Hydrographer.