# Big Port Walter (US PWR)

**UN/LOCODE:** US PWR  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** Alaska-Canada coastal waters; North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 56.3833, -134.7333

Steep timbered slopes ring a sheltered deep-water basin where the only regular visitors are research crews and the occasional fishing vessel. Big Port Walter sits on the southeast coast of Baranof Island in Alaska, reached through a narrow passage off Chatham Strait roughly 80 km south of Sitka. The inlet offers no commercial cargo handling, container berths or customs clearance, and early-twentieth-century herring and salmon plants have long since closed; the nearby Little Port Walter station, run by NOAA Fisheries, is the area's main year-round presence. For freight purposes its relevance is limited, and shippers should route cargo through Sitka, the closest port with scheduled services and customs facilities.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Los Angeles → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shanghai)
- [Los Angeles → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shenzhen)
- [Los Angeles → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-guangzhou)
- [Los Angeles → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-hong-kong)
- [Los Angeles → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-tokyo)
- [Los Angeles → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-busan)

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