Silver Bay (Alaska)

Silver Bay, or Gaǥeit', in the Tlingit language,^[1] is a deep water fjord located southeast of Sitka, Alaska, United States, 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 . It is an access point for the . 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[]

^ Joseph, Charlie; Brady, I.; Makinen, E.; David, R.; Davis, V.; Johnson, A.; Lord, N. (2001). "Sheet'kwaan Aani Aya". Sitka Tribe of Alaska. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
^ 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 / 57.00917; -135.16667

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[Joseph-1] Joseph, Charlie; Brady, I.; Makinen, E.; David, R.; Davis, V.; Johnson, A.; Lord, N. (2001). "Sheet'kwaan Aani Aya". Sitka Tribe of Alaska. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2009.

[Orth-2] Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Geological Survey, Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.

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