Kake (USKAE)

The port handles passengers.

North Pacific Winter Seasonal Zone, Winter Oct 16 to Apr 15, Summer Apr 16 to Oct 15.

Kake is located on Kupreanof Island, Alaska, 78nm SW of Juneau.

LOA 85.34m, beam 20.42m, 851DWT, draught 5.2m.

Anchorage may be obtained between the coast and Grave Island, in a depth of 28m, soft mud.

The port is approached from Frederick Sound through a lighted and buoyed channel approx width of 0.5nm, between the coast and the offlying reefs and islands. Directions for entering harbour: From a position approx 1nm from Point Macartney Light (52°02'N 134°03'W) the fairway leads SE, passing (with positions given from Kake Harbor Light No 2 (56°59'N 134°01'W): NE of 2 detached shallow patches (1.75nm and 1.25nm NW) with depths of 11m and 10m over them respectively; then: SW of Point White (1.25nm NNE) a projecting point on the coast, with shoals and shallow water extending 0.8nm WNW; and: NE of Kake Harbor Light No 2 (pole; starboard hand daymark) exhibited on a rock awash at the NW end of the offlying foul spit; then: NE of Mosquito Islands (1nm SE) the NW group of small islands on the offlying spit; then: SW of the reefs (2.25nm ESE) that fringe the point adjacent to the town and are marked on the SW side by No 3 Buoy (port hand). Kake Harbor Light No 5 (pole; port hand daymark), exhibited on a rock awash on the SE side of these reefs, marks the approach to City Pier, the N pier and No 9 Beacon (pile; port hand) stands on the edge of the reef, 0.05nm NW of the head of City Pier. Then: NE of Kake Harbor Light (square framework; red and white chequered diamond daymark) (2.75nm SE) exhibited on the NE side of Grave Island the largest of the offlying islands; and: SW of an extensive tidal flat (2.75nm ESE) which extends approx 0.25nm from the coast and is moored close off the SW edge. A private seasonal light is exhibited from a hut on a salmon weir on this flat.

BA 4975. Admiralty Pilot NP4, NP286(5).

Compulsory.

Radio tower (56°58.4'N 133°56.6'W). Portage Bay Light No 2 (56°57.4'N 133°55.3'W).

For crew not to be detained onboard, each crew member must have a visa in their passport or Seaman's Book.

Please see country information for details of documentation requirements.

Vessels arriving in first US port: Please see country information.

Coastguard Vessel Inspection: Please see country information.

No action initiated unless there is illness onboard. Ship Sanitation Control Certificates: Please see country information.