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Boca de Quadra

Coordinates: 55°07′57″N 130°42′21″W / 55.13250°N 130.70583°W / 55.13250; -130.70583
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The Boca de Quadra is a bay extending southwest from the Keta River to Revillagigedo Channel in Southeastern Alaska.[1]

Name origin

The bay was named in 1792 for Juan Francisco de Bodega y Quadra by Jacinto Caamano, in relation to Quadra's expeditions and surveys in the region in 1775-79. The name was adopted by Captain George Vancouver, RN who explored this estuary on August 6, 1793.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boca de Quadra
  2. ^ Wagner, 1937, p. 404, as cited by the USGS/GNIS

55°07′57″N 130°42′21″W / 55.13250°N 130.70583°W / 55.13250; -130.70583


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