Peard Bay

Peard Bay is a bay in the Chukchi Sea, in Alaska's North Slope. It is located at 70°50′43″N 158°48′39″W. This bay lies just a few miles northeast of Wainwright. It was named by Frederick William Beechey in 1826, after one of his officers.[1]

Peard Bay is relatively small and it is limited by Point Franklin on its western side.

Peard Bay Airport (WQJ) is close to the bay area.

In several documents this bay is named erroneously as "Pearl Bay".

Kugrua Bay is a smaller bay to the southeast, accessible through an opening in the shoreline of Peard Bay.

History

The name Peard Bay used to design a much wider area in the past, comprised between Seahorse Islands and Point Barrow.[lower-alpha 1]

Notes
  1. Cfr. Baker, 1909[2] and USRCS, 1900,[3] with Orth, 1967[4] and modern maps. It's unclear when this change took place, presumably around World War I. Other placenames in the bay, like Skull Cliff and Peard Cliff seem to have been moved as well.

References
  1. Beechey, Frederick William (1832). Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: to co-operate with the Polar expeditions : performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N. ... in the years 1825,26,27,28. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea. p. 364. Frederick Beechey 1826.
  2. Marcus Baker (1909). "Geographic Dictionary of Alaska". Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  3. Prepared by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and revised by Lieut. D. H. Jarvis, U.S.R.C.S. (1900). "ALASKA - COAST PILOT NOTES ON THE FOX ISLANDS PASSES, UNALASKA BAY, BERING SEA, AND ARCTIC OCEAN AS FAR AS POINT BARROW". p. 58. Retrieved May 15, 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Donald J. Orth (1967). "Dictionary of Alaska Place Names". Retrieved May 15, 2017.


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