Nakat Bay is a bay in Southeast Alaska,

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

. The bay extends northeast from Cape Fox. It was charted in 1793 by George Vancouver. The bay's name comes from a

Tlingit The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ),

name published in 1853 on a

Russian Hydrographic Department The Russian Hydrographic Service, full current official name Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ( rus, Управление навигации и океанографии Министер ...

chart as "Bukh(ta) Nakat" (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

: ''Nakat Bay'').

References

Bays of Alaska Bodies of water of Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska {{KetchikanGatewayAK-geo-stub