Sitka Sound

Sitka Sound
Sitka Sound
	Sitka Sound withMount Verstoviain the foreground.
	Sitka Sound
Coordinates	56°58′22″N135°29′27″W/ 56.97278°N 135.49083°W
Type	Sound (geography)

Sitka Soundis a body of water near the city ofSitka,Alaska.It is bordered byBaranof Islandto the south and the northeast, byKruzof Islandto the northwest and by thePacific Oceanto the southwest. During the early 19th century it was a major locus of themaritime fur trade.

Naming history

Sitka Sound was named Ensenada de Susto byJuan de la Bodegaon 15 August 1775. It was later named Norfolk Sound^[1]byJames Cook.In 1801,Fleurieupublished a map naming it Baie Tchinkîtâné in an attempt to useTlingittoponyms.^[2]

References

^Wagner, Henry (1937).The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800.Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 416.
^Black, Lydia T.;Dauenhauer, Nora;Dauenhauer, Richard(2008).Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká/Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804.University of Washington Press. p. XXVI.ISBN 978-0-295-98601-2.

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sitka Sound

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[Wagner-1] Wagner, Henry (1937).The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800.Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 416.

[Dauenhauer-2] Black, Lydia T.;Dauenhauer, Nora;Dauenhauer, Richard(2008).Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká/Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804.University of Washington Press. p. XXVI.ISBN 978-0-295-98601-2.

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