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Yakutat Bay (Lingít: Yaakwdáat G̱eeyí) 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 Lisyansky 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]
The Shelikhov-Golikov company (precursor of the Russian-American Company), under the management of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, founded a settlement in Yakutat Bay in 1795.[2]: 15–16 It was known as New Russia, Yakutat Colony, or Slavorossiya.[3]
- ^ Historic Earthquakes: Yakutat Bay, Alaska – September 10, 1899 from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards website
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Khlebnikovwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glory of Russia (historical)