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Callisto Head

Callisto Head

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kenai Peninsula
Nearest City:
About

on E coast of Kenai Peninsula, 14 mi. S of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History of Callisto Head

Named in 1930 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "for the nymph in mythology who was changed into a bear and set in the heavens as Ursa Major."

Places Near Callisto Head
Bays:

Agnes Cove, Bear Cove, Bulldog Cove, Chat Cove, Cliff Bay, Coleman Bay, Derby Cove, Driftwood Bay, Humpy Cove, Marys Bay, Paradise Cove, Pony Cove, Porcupine Cove, Resurrection Bay, Sunny Cove, Three Hole Bay, Thumb Cove, Tooth Cove,

Capes:

Aialik Cape, Aialik Peninsula, Bear Glacier Point, Caines Head, Callisto Head, Cape Resurrection, The Iron Door, Lowell Point, Race Point, Resurrection Peninsula, Sandspit Point, Three Hole Point, Tonsina Point,

Channels:

Cheval Narrows, Eldorado Narrows, Harding Gateway,

Cities:

Seward,

Dams:

Lowell Creek Dam,

Glaciers:

Bear Glacier, Glacier G210711E60126N, Lechner Glacier, Porcupine Glacier, Prospect Glacier, Spoon Glacier,

Islands:

Barwell Island, Cheval Island, Fox Island, Hat Island, Hive Island, Marys Rock, No Name Island, Pilot Rock, Rugged Island, Twin Rocks,

Lakes:

The Lagoon, Bear Lake, First Lake, Second Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Alice, Bear Mountain, Callisto Peak, Marathon Mountain, Phoenix Peak,

Parks:

Driftwood Bay State Marine Park, Sandspit Point State Marine Park, Sunny Cove State Marine Park, Thumb Cove State Marine Park, Two Lakes Park,

Peaks:

Foundary Peak, Mount Jerry Dixon, Mount Kenny Baker, Lowell Peak,

Rivers:

Resurrection River,

Streams:

Fourth of July Creek, Godwin Creek, Likes Creek, Lowell Creek, Salmon Creek, Sawmill Creek, Scheffler Creek, Spring Creek, Spruce Creek, Tonsina Creek,

Routes:

Alpine Trail, Beach Access Trail, Caines Head Trail, Loop Trail, South Beach Trail,

Cities:

Lowell Point,

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Black-legged Kittiwake, Herring Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Murre, Surf Scoter, Red-necked Phalarope, Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffin, Black Scoter, Double-crested Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Bonaparte's Gull, Harlequin Duck, White-winged Scoter, Thick-billed Murre, Marbled Murrelet, Horned Grebe, Red-faced Cormorant, Barrow's Goldeneye, Rhinoceros Auklet, Arctic Tern, Common Merganser, American Crow, Parakeet Auklet, Sooty Shearwater, Bald Eagle, Common Eider, Whimbrel, Pacific Loon, Parasitic Jaeger, Ancient Murrelet, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Leach's Storm-petrel, Common Raven, Long-tailed Duck, Common Goldeneye, Spruce Grouse, Red-necked Grebe, Black Oystercatcher, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Hermit Thrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, Mallard, Red-breasted Merganser, Pomarine Jaeger, Common Loon, Yellow-billed Loon, Northern Fulmar, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, Steller's Jay, Black-billed Magpie, Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, Pacific Wren, Varied Thrush, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Rock Pigeon