Rat Island

Gunners Cove.

General.    An easy entrance but the anchorage is very exposed to the north. In calm weather makes a good stopover when sailing between Kiska Island and Constantine Harbour. There is a waterfall at the head of the bay where we filled up our water containers.

Reported.    July 2003 by Fine Tolerance

Charts.    NOAA 16441, NOAA 16450.

Approach.    There are no off-shore dangers here.

Anchoring.    We went just inside the rocky island on the eastern side of the cove and anchored at 51° 48.7 N,   178° 18.7 E  in 6 meters on a rocky bottom. As this area was all rock and not sand, the bottom was easily seen. We only stayed one night in breathless conditions. With a north wind it would be a dangerous anchorage.

Points of Interest.   There was good beach combing here. All sorts of flotsam seem to end up in this cove. We filled up our portable water bottles from the waterfall directly in front of the anchorage.

 
Looking northward from above the waterfall at the head of the bay.

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