| Kachemak Bay | |
|---|---|
| Tika Kaq' (Tanaina) | |
 Kachemak Bay at sunrise | |
  Kachemak Bay | |
| Location | Kenai Peninsula, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 59°36′33″N 151°20′51″W / 59.60917°N 151.34750°W |
| Type | Bay |
| Primary inflows | Fox River, Sheep River, Grewingk River, Wosnesenski River, Seldovia River, Bradley River, Portlock River, Martin River, English Bay River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 40 mi (64 km) |
| Max. width | 6 mi (9.7 km) |
| Average depth | 150 ft (46 m)[1] |
| Max. depth | 576 ft (176 m) |
| Islands | Chugachik Island, Bear Island, Ismailof Island, San Juan Island, Herring Islands, Cohen Island, Yukon Island, Hesketh Island, Grass Island, Powder Island, Gull Island, Mermaid Island |
| Sections/sub-basins | Bear Cove, Mallard Bay, Aurora Lagoon, Halibut Cove, Halibut Cove Lagoon, Peterson Bay, China Poot Bay, Neptune Bay, Sadie Cove, Eldred Passage, Tutka Bay, Little Tutka Bay, Jakolof Bay, Kasitsna Bay, Seldovia Bay, Port Graham, English Bay |
| Settlements | Homer, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Kachemak City, Fox River Voznesenka, Kachemak Selo, Razdolna |
Kachemak Bay (Dena'ina: Tika Kaq’) is a 40-mi-long (64 km) arm of Cook Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula. The communities of Homer, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Kachemak City are on the bay as well as three Old Believer settlements in the Fox River area, Voznesenka, Kachemak Selo, and Razdolna.
One interpretation of the word "Kachemak" is "Smokey Bay" which supposedly is from an Alutiiq word describing the smoldering coal seams that used to fill the bay with smoke.[2]
- ^ "The Natural Environment of Kachemak Bay".
- ^ Klein, Janet (1981). A History of Kachemak Bay the Country, the Communities (Third Printing 1987 ed.). Homer, Alaska: Homer Society of Natural History. p. 39.