Thomas Bay
Thomas Bay is a bay located in Southeast Alaska, located to the northeast of Petersburg. Baird Glacier drains into the bay, which is also known as the "Bay of Death" due to a massive landslide in 1750, which claimed the lives of hundreds of locals at the time.- Bay
- …is also known as “Taalkw”
- …was formerly known as “Wood’s Bay”
- Description: bay in Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States
- Address: AK
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
57.03139° or 57° 1′ 53″ north
Longitude
-132.85361° or 132° 51′ 13″ west
Open location code
949924JW+HH
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
“Thomas Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thomas Bay (luuk sa Estados Unidos, Alaska)”
- Cebuano: “Thomas Bay”
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