Silver Bay (Alaska)

Silver Bay, or Gaǥeit', in the Tlingit language,[1] is a deep water fjord located southeast of Sitka, Alaska, USA, that indents Baranof Island. It was named through a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey translation of Bukhta Serebryanikova, a name published first by Captain Tebenkov of the Imperial Russian Navy in 1852.[2]

Economic significance

Silver Bay is on the eastern end of Eastern Channel and currently is the site of a prospective deep water dock for the City of Sitka at the Sawmill Cove Industrial Park. It is an access point for the Medvejie Fish Hatchery. It was the site, and provided access to, several mining claims in the early 1900s.

Geology

It receives drainage from Medvejie Lake, Blue Lake, Salmon Lake, the Vodopad River through Green Lake, and Camp Lake. It follows a fault system that runs from Salisbury Sound, through Olga and Neva straits and over Mt. Verstovia.

References

  1. ↑ Joseph, Charlie; Brady, I.; Makinen, E.; David, R.; Davis, V.; Johnson, A.; Lord, N. (2001). "Sheet’kwaan Aani Aya". Sitka Tribe of Alaska. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Geological Survey, Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.

Coordinates: 57°00′33″N 135°10′00″W / 57.00917°N 135.16667°W