Map of Yakutat Bay
Glacier-carved mountains near Yakutat Bay

Yakutat Bay (Lingít: Yaakwdáat G̱eeyí) is a 29-km-wide (18 mi) bay in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending southwest from Disenchantment Bay to the Gulf of Alaska. "Yakutat" is a Tlingit name reported as "Jacootat" and "Yacootat" by Yuri Lisyansky in 1805.

Yakutat Bay was the epicenter of two major earthquakes on September 10, 1899, a magnitude 7.4 foreshock and a magnitude 8.0 main shock, 37 minutes apart.[1]

The Shelikhov-Golikov company (precursor of the Russian-American Company), under the management of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, founded a settlement in Yakutat Bay in 1795.[2]:15–16 It was known as New Russia, Yakutat Colony, or Slavorossiya.[3]

Other names

Yakutat Bay has had various names.

References

  1. Historic Earthquakes: Yakutat Bay, Alaska - September 10, 1899 from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards website
  2. 1 2 Khlebnikov, K.T., 1973, Baranov, Chief Manager of the Russian Colonies in America, Kingston: The Limestone Press, ISBN 0919642500
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glory of Russia (historical)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Bulletin – United States Geological Survey, Volumes 185–187. Geological Survey (U.S). 1901. p. 442.
  5. Filipino American History Timeline: 1791 from the Alaska Chapter of the Filipino American National Historical Society

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