Petrof Bay

Petrof Bay is a small bay on the west side of Kuiu Island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, United States. It is located at 56°N 134°W and opens into the Chatham Strait.

Petrof Bay
Petrof Bay
LocationAlaska
Coordinates56°24′10″N 134°03′48″W
TypeBay

The bay was named in 1924 for U.S. Census Bureau employee Ivan Petrof, whose reports of his travels in the late 19th century are a valuable source of Alaska history for that period.


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