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Petersburg Borough

Thomas Bay

Thomas Bay is a bay located in , located to the northeast of . 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.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: “Taalkw”
  • Historically known as: “Wood’s Bay” and “Woods Bay”
  • Address: AK

Thomas Bay

Latitude
57.03139° or 57° 1′ 53″ north
Longitude
-132.85361° or 132° 51′ 13″ west
Open location code
949924JW+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369143335
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
5557930
Wiki­data ID
Q7787481
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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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