Stepovak Bay

Stepovak Bay
Coordinates 55°43′N 159°50′W / 55.717°N 159.833°W / 55.717; -159.833Coordinates: 55°43′N 159°50′W / 55.717°N 159.833°W / 55.717; -159.833
Ocean/sea sources Pacific Ocean
Basin countries U.S.

Stepovak Bay is a bay located on the Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, on the Gulf of Alaska. It is framed by the Stepovak Bay group of volcanoes, a chain of 5 cinder cone volcanoes in the Aleutian Arc. The volcanoes include Kupreanof[1] and four numbered volcanoes (1, 2, 3, 4).

It was named Stepovakho Bay or Stepof's Bay by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1888 for Stepanof, a captain.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=Kupreanof
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stepovak Bay


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