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Disenchantment Bay

Disenchantment Bay extends southwest for 16 km from the mouth of Russell Fiord to Point Latouche, at the head of in . Named "Puerto del Desengano", Spanish for "bay of disenchantment", by Alessandro Malaspina in 1792, upon finding that the bay was not the entrance to the legendary Northwest Passage.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: glacier in United States
  • Also known as: “Bahia de las Bancas”, “Digges Sound”, and “Puerto del Desengano”
  • Address: AK

Disenchantment Bay

Latitude
59.96194° or 59° 57′ 43″ north
Longitude
-139.57° or 139° 34′ 12″ west
Open location code
94F2XC6J+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369147046
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
5845759
Wiki­data ID
Q1228627
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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