Английская Википедия:Dry Bay, Alaska

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Dry Bay, Alaska is a landform and a summer fishing community located on the northeast shore of the Gulf of Alaska, Шаблон:Convert southeast of Yakutat.[1] Dry Bay lies along the Alsek River, one of the boundaries of Glacier Bay National Park.[2]

According to the U.S. National Park Service, "Шаблон:Convert from sea, the Alsek River breaks into meandering channels fanning out over an Шаблон:Convert delta, known locally as Dry Bay. The name Dry Bay derives from the fact portions of the delta became dry at ebb tide and when river levels are low."[3] According to the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System, it was named in 1869 by the U.S. Coast Survey "because it appeared to be a shallow lagoon fed by silt-laden glacial streams."[1] Capt. James Cook had previously recorded it in 1778 as "Beering's Bay" as he thought that Vitus Bering anchored there in 1741.[1]

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