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Yakutat Bay 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 Lisianski 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
Other names
Yakutat Bay has had various names. It has been called "Bering Bay", on the assumption that Vitus Bering visited it in 1741.citation needed La Pérouse, who visited it in 1786, named it "Baie de Monti" for one of his officers.citation needed The same year, Captain Nathaniel Portlock named it "Admiralty Bay", while the Spanish called it "Almirantazgo."citation needed It was also called "Port Mulgrave" when Alessandro Malaspina and José de Bustamante y Guerra sailed into the bay2, looking for the Northwest Passage.
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References
- ^ Historic Earthquakes: Yakutat Bay, Alaska - September 10, 1899 from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards website
- ^ Filipino American History Timeline: 1791 from the Alaska Chapter of the Filipino American National Historical Society
External links
Marine Forecast for Yakutat Bay from the National Weather Service
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