Port Moller, Alaska

Port Moller (SugpiaqPutmaaluq) is an unincorporated community in the Aleutians East Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is named after the bay of the same name, which was in turn named for the sloop Moller, used by Captain M.N. Staniukovich, of Captain Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke's expedition, to explore the bay in 1828.[1][2]

Port Moller
Putmaaluq
Unincorporated area
Port Moller
Coordinates: 55°59′19″N 160°34′37″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughAleutians East
Elevation
13 ft (4 m)
Time zoneUTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-8 (ADT)
Area code(s)907
GNIS feature ID1419074[1]

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