Map of Yakutat Bay.

Glacier carved mountains near Yakutat Bay.

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

1. ^ Historic Earthquakes: Yakutat Bay, Alaska - September 10, 1899 from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards website
2. ^ 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