Cordova Bay
![Cordova Bay is at the southern end of the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle](/Images/godic/202501/06/Cordova_Bay_locator1445.PNG")
![Cordova Bay lies between Prince of Wales Island on the east and Dall Island, Long Island, and Sukkwan Islands on the west. US Coast Survey chart detail. Click through to the Commons page to view annotations including village sites.](/Images/godic/202501/06/Cordova1.1445.PNG")
![Cordova Bay photographed from earth orbit, looking toward the sunrise, a bit north of east. Water appears bright due to sunglint. Dall Island, Long Island, and most of Sukkwan island are visible as dark areas in the middle of the picture, while the land near the top of the picture is Prince of Wales Island. The small island at lower left is Forrester Island. NASA image.](/Images/godic/202501/06/Dall_Island_and_Cordova_Bay_from_space1446.JPG")
Cordova Bay is a bay in the Alexander Archipelago of southeast Alaska. It opens onto Dixon Entrance to the south, between Cape Muzon on Dall Island and Point Marsh (a group of small islets just off Prince of Wales Island). The name Puerto Cordova y Cordova was given by the Spanish explorer Lieutenant Don Jacinto Caamaño in 1792, in honor of Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova. The name was published by George Vancouver in 1798.