Three Saints Bay, Alaska

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Three Saints Bay is a small inlet on the southeast side of Kodiak Island in southern Alaska. It is 97 km (60 miles) southwest of Kodiak at 57°08′ N 153°30′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=57_08_N_153_30_W_).

The bay was the site of the first Russian settlement in Alaska in 1784 by Grigory Shelikhov. The bay and settlement were named after one of his ships.

The settlement of Three Saints Bay was moved to the site of present-day Kodiak, Alaska in 1792 when an earthquake and tidal wave destroyed it.

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