Description
Extends from Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm on W to Bering Glacier, Tana Glacier, and Tana River on E; bounded on N by Matanuska, Copper, and Chitina Rivers; Chugach Mts. Incomplete record - should be at least 114 maps, LATLONGs truncated in Phase I by GIPSY - 9512. 250 miles long by 60 miles wide.
History
Eskimo tribal name recorded by the Russians and written by them "Chugatz" and "Tchougatskoi"; in 1898 Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA, spelled the name "Chugatch" and applied it to the mountains.