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Part II: Passageways and Anchorages

Index to Anchorages

 

Note: Many of the local place names for anchorages described in Part II do not occur on the NOAA charts. We have added them to the preceding charts. In all cases, the text contains a verbal location of the anchorage.

 

Chart I:

Port of Whittier 83

Passage Canal 84

Anchorages: Whittier

Smittys Cove 85

Passage Canal: North Shore 85

Billings Cove 85

Poe Bay 85

Logging Camp Bay 85

Entry Cove State Marine Park 85

Passage Canal: South Shore 85

Shotgun Cove: Southern Arm 85

Shotgun Cove: Eastern Arm 86

Decision Point State Marine Park 86

Squirrel Cove 86

Decision Point 86

Blackstone Bay 87

Tebenkof Glacier Area 87

Head of Blackstone 87

 

Cochrane Bay: Charts I & III 88

Surprise Cove State Marine Park 88

Point Cochrane 88

False Cove 88

Surprise Cove 88

Shallow Cove 89

Paulson Cove 89

Three Finger Cove 89

 

Port Wells: Charts I & II 90

Port Wells: West Side, Chart I 90

Ziegler Cove State Marine Park 90

Ziegler Cove 90

Head of Pigot Bay 91

Pirage Cove 91

Hummer Bay 92

Bettles Bay State Marine Park 92

Bettles Lagoon 92

Hobo Bay 93

Harrison Lagoon 94

Harrison Reef 94

Barry Arm and Harriman Fjord 94

Serpentine Cove 95

Mt. Heney Hook 96

Harriman Shelf 96

Pakenham Point Anchorage 97

 

College Fjord: Charts I & II 97

Coghill Anchorage 97

Narrow Bight 98

Tuition Cove 98

Golden 98

 

Chart II:

Port Wells Eastern Side 99

Granite Bay State Marine Park 99

Granite Bay, North Arm 99

Granite Bay, South Arm 99

Esther Bight 99

Esther Passage: Chart II 100

Fisherman's Anchorage 100

Waterfall Cove 100

Grommet Cove 101

Shoestring Cove 101

Wells Passage: Charts I & II 101

South Esther Island State Marine Park 101

Lake Bay 101

Quillian Bay 102

NW Corner Anchorage 102

Head of Bay Anchorage 102

Esther Bay 102

East Anchorage 102

West Anchorage 102

Head of Esther Bay 102

Squaw Bay 103

Squaw Bay 103

Papoose Cove 103

Brave Harbor 103

Head of Squaw Bay 104

Ragged Bay 104

Ragged Lagoon 104

Beaver Lagoon 104

West Channel 104

Eaglek Bay: Chart II 104

Agayuut Bay 105

Derickson Bay 105

Cascade Bay 105

Head of Eaglek Bay 105

Schoppe Bay: 106

Southeastern Bight & Inner Cove 106

Head of Schoppe & Lagoon 106

Northwest Bight 107

Point Pellew Anchorage 107

Point Pellew Lagoon 107

Kiniklik Anchorage 107

Unakwik Inlet 107

Olsen Cove 108

Mueller Cove 108

Unakwik Point 109

Siwash Bay 109

Winter Cove 109

Cannery Creek 109

Jonah Bay 110

The Cow Pens 110

Miner's Creek Anchorage 111

 

Chart III:

Perry Island 111

West Twin Bay 111

East Twin Bay 111

Culross Island: East side 112

Hidden Bay 112

Culross Bay 112

Culross Passage 113

Culross Cove 114

West Culross Anchorage 114

Mid-Passage Anchorage 114

Long Bay 114

Goose Bay 114

South Narrows Buoy 115

Picturesque Cove 115

Port Nellie Juan 115

McClure Bay 115

Mink Island 115

Blue Fjord 116

Nellie Juan Anchorage 116

Head of Derickson Bay 117

Deep Water Bay 117

Greystone Bay 118

East Finger Inlet 118

Shady Cove 118

Kings Bay 118

West Finger Inlet 118

Port Nellie Juan to Crafton Island 119

Crafton Island 119

Eshamy 119

Eshamy Lagoon 119

South Eshamy Bay Anchorage 119

Point Nowell 120

Granite Bay 120

Dangerous Passage 120

Masked Bay 120

Paddy Bay 121

Ewan Bay 121

Southwestern Shore 121

Eastern Shore 121

Head 121

Glacier Water Cove 122

Eastern Bight 122

Southern Arm 122

Jackpot Bay 122

Seven Fathom Hole 122

Twenty-nine Fathom Hole 122

Salmon Stream Anchorage 123

Jackpot Peak Anchorage 123

Upper Jackpot Bay Anchorage 123

Icy Bay 123

Gaamaak Cove 123

Tiger Bight (Chart V) 123

Whale Bay (Chart V) 123

Orca Bay 123

Humpback Bay 124

Minke Cove 124

South Chenega Island (Chart III) 124

Old Chenega Village 124

Kake Cove 125

 

Chart IV

The Knight Island Group 125

Northwest Bay 125

Ingot Cove 125

Disk Island 126

Louis Bay 126

East Shore of Knight Island 126

Bay of Isles 126

West Arm 127

South Arm 127

Marsha Bay 127

Snug Harbor 127

Hogan Bay 128

 

Knight Island Passage: North to South 128

Herring Bay 128

Bear Cove 128

Solf Cove 128

Lower Herring Bay 129

Qayarnaq 129

Middle Bight 129

East Bight 129

Northwest Arm 129

Drier Bay 130

Barnes Cove 130

Northeast Cove 130

Port Audrey 130

Long Channel 130

Copper Bay 131

Deer Cove (Chart V) 131

 

Chart V:

Southern Knight Island Area 131

Western Approaches 131

Squire Island Anchorage 131

Mummy Bay 131

Thumb Bay 131

Northeast Arm 131

Bainbridge Passage 132

Otter Cove 132

Port Bainbridge 132

Puffin Cove 132

Hogg Bay 132

Auk Bay 132

Prince of Wales Passage 133

Squirrel Bay 133

Iktua Bay 133

Elrington Passage 133

Sawmill Bay 134

Crab Bay 134

New Chenega 134

Horseshoe Bay State Marine Park 134

Horseshoe Bay 134

Fox Farm Anchorage 134

South Twin Bay 134

Latouche Passage 135

Montague Strait 135

Macleod Harbor 135

Hanning Bay 135

 

Chart VI:

Port of Valdez 136

Port Valdez 137

Shoup Bay State Marine Park 137

Shoup Bay Anchorage 138

Shoup Bay Lake 138

Anderson Bay 139

Valdez Narrows 139

Valdez Arm 139

Jack Bay State Marine Park 140

Sawmill Bay State Marine Park 140

Galena Bay 141

NE Galena Coves 141

Galena Narrows 141

Head of Galena Bay 141

Rocky Point Anchorage 142

Virgin Bay & Ellamar 142

Bligh & Busby Islands 143

West Bay 143

Tatitlek Narrows 143

Tatitlek Village 143

Port Fidalgo 144

Landlocked Bay 144

Fish Bay 144

Sunny Cove 144

Head of Fidalgo 145

Whalen Bay 145

Irish Cove 146

Two Moon Bay 146

Eastern Arm 146

Western Arm 145

Snug Corner Cove 146

Goose Island Passage 146

 

Chart VII:

Passage Inside of Glacier Island 147

Heather Bay 147

Heather Island 147

Emerald Cove 147

Dalli Bay 147

Jade Harbor 148

Number One River 148

Columbia Bay & Glacier 148

Granite Cove 149

Glacier Island 150

Growler Bay 150

Elder Bay 150

Eagle Bay 150

Jackson Hole 151

Long Bay 151

Billy's Hole 152

Buyers Cove 152

Eickelberg Bay 152

Fairmount Island to Outpost Island 152

Fairmount Island & Nervous Narrows 152

 

Wells, Cedar and Granite Bays 153

Granite Bay 153

Cedar Bay 153

Cedar Lake Anchorage 154

Head of Cedar Bay 154

Wells Bay

Hidey Hole 154

The Keyhole 155

Wells Anchorage 155

Head of Wells Bay 155

Fish Hook Anchorage 155

Southside Glacier Island

Chamberlain Bay 156

Jackson Cove 156

Naked, Peak & Storey Islands 156

Passage Anchorage 157

Cabin Bay 157

Bass Harbor 157

Head of Bass Harbor 158

McPherson Passage Anchorage 158

 

Chart VIII:

Smith Island 158

Green Island 158

Gibbon Anchorage 158

Stockdale Harbor 159

Stockdale Harbor South Lagoon 160

Gilmour Bight 160

Port Chalmers 160

South Chalmers Bight 161

NE end of Montague Island 161

Rocky Bay 162

Zaikof Bay 162

Hinchinbrook Entrance 162

Port Etches and Garden Cove 163

Constantine Harbor 163

Orca Bay 164

Double Bay 164

Hawkins Island 164

Canoe Passage State Marine Park 165

Windy Bay 165

Port Gravina 165

St. Mathews Bay 166

Olsen Bay 166

Parshas Bay 166

Comfort Cove 167

Beartrap Bay 167

Gravina Rocks Anchorage 168

Simpson Bay 169

Hole in the Wall 170

Approaches to Orca Inlet & Cordova 170

Cordova 170

 

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