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Horseshoe Bay

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

A historical populated place in Chugach County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Horseshoe Bay
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Chugach County
USGS Map
Seward A-3 SW
Coordinates
60.0191667, -147.9391667
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GNIS Feature ID
1422656

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

on W coast of Latouche I., S entrance to Horseshoe Bay, 20 mi. SE of Chenega, Chugach Mts.

GNIS historical note

Local name reported in by 1908 Grant and D. F. Higgins (in Brooks and others, 1909, p. 88), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It is now abandoned.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1422656. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.